Jim Crace's internationally acclaimed first novel explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with stalls and beggars, Crace's invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar. 'A remarkable first novel, which announces a most promising new fabulist in English fiction' John Fowles