Eucalyptus Author:Murray Bail On a country property a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all the species of eucalypt, down to the last tree. Suitors eme... more »rge from all corners, including the formidable, straight-backed Mr Cave, world expert on the varieties of eucalypt. And then, walking among her father?s trees, Ellen chances on a strange young man who in the days that follow tells her dozens of stories set in cities, deserts, faraway countries ... Haunting and mesmerising, Eucalyptus illuminates the nature of storytelling itself.« less
Personally, not my cup of tea as far as books go. Didn't flow, but a lot of people enjoy putting more energy into reading. I do it to relax. It was good, just not my type of recreational reading.
Trade sized paperback, from the back cover:
"There was once a man on a property outside a one-horse town, in New South Wales, who couldn't come to a decision about his daughter. He then made an unexpected decision. Incredible! For a while people talked and dreamed about little else..."