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Follows the daily life of Miss Doxy, a spinster living in a boarding house, who is gradually revealed as a functional but deeply traumatised schizophrenic.
1952joint secondThe Sydney Morning Herald Literary CompetitionPre-publication title at the time of the award was 'Return Via Canterbury'. Award shared with T. A. G. Hungerford's 'The Ridge and the River'.