""A memoir by poet Robert Gray of his parents' lives and his own childhood growing up on a banana plantation in Coffs Harbour which is, at the same time, an intellectual and social portrait of the period. With its lyrical quality, and its author's extraordinary eye for resemblance in detail, the book is both an autobiography and an extended prose poem of a kind not attempted in this country before." (publisher) "Robert William Geoffrey Gray (born 23 February 1945) is an Australian poet, freelance writer, and critic. He has been described as 'an Imagist without a rival in the English-speaking world' and 'one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English' (Wikipedia) 435 pages. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage.