About this Book

This novel explores the life of Freud's most famous patient, the Wolf-Man. His story is used to examine the early views of psychoanalysis and to pose questions about society and culture, sanity and insanity, language and consciousness and the myths which underpin our daily lives. Awarded the TAge' Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Includes a bibliography. By the author of TBirds of Passage', joint winner of the Australian/Vogel Award in 1982, and TPomeroy'.