'The first instalment of Geoffrey Blainey’s long-awaited autobiography weaves the historian into the historical record, writes Geordie Williamson'
'The story takes place over one week in the surprisingly menacing labyrinth of the mean streets of Adelaide. There is also at least one internal labyrinth, constructed of the mind and heart of the main character, Detective Sergeant Richard Zadow, often known as ‘‘Zads’’.' (Introduction)