In this selection of his short fiction, essays and journalism from the last decade, Robert Dessaix offers insights into the many selves at play behind the mask of well-known broadcaster and author. Traveller, thinker, linguist and self-confessed dilettante, Dessaix muses in these pieces on an array of subjects, from Orientalism to Aboriginal spirituality, from the art of translation to the nature of creativity, from covetousness to gay fiction. Underlying these finely nuanced conversations with the reader is a passion for language and finding ways to write with simplicity about intricate things - intimacy, mortality, love, time.
