A Cry From the Dark Michael Gilbert Oranges Are Not the Only

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession

with his eccentric mother Edie and Uncle Charles

if men have faith

mythic strands in the novels of Iris Murdoch and Saul Bellow

and remember

A Cry From the Dark Michael Gilbert Oranges Are Not the OnlyBettina Whitelaw is a grand dame of the English literary scene. Approaching eighty, with a beautiful flat in Holland Park and a comfortable income, her life is not dissimilar to that of her wealthy, elegant neighbours. But her background most certainly is. Brought up in Bundaroo, a small town in the Australian outback, Bettina's childhood was dominated by the relentlessly blazing sun, the long daily walk to school, and by the simmering animosities of