8vo. Pp. [vi], 313. Glossy wrappers.
Author's third novel. Previously shortlisted for the David Higham Prize. A 20th-century Faust, musician turned wine merchant Crawford Hollander, is awaited by The Welcoming Committee on his return to his native New Zealand to exact a special form of revenge. "Hugely entertaining, de la Bere has a style that could strip paint at one hundred paces." –Marie Claire