If you had little money and fewer prospects, they said the army gave a man a start. And it did, in the 1950s, when Graham Falconer joined up. Travel too, they said. And he found himself part of the Australian forces assisting the British in their atomic tests at Maralinga. But a young wife left at home cannot know about the savage beauty of the desert nor the bonds that form between men. And even the Australian government couldn't fathom the mess the British left behind. (Source: back cover)
