Eucalyptus by Murray Bail7/6/2023 But, we’re talking a predictable plodding plot. I mean I love eucalyptus trees about as much as a kola bear does. This was ultimately a very frustrating book. Oh, and each chapter is named for a specie of Eucalypt. That process is basically Act II of the book, and it’s about as exciting as it sounds. Once his daughter is of a marriageable age he makes an Atalantan (as in the golden apple/race myth) deal to marry her off to the first suitor who can name all the various eucalypts on his land. Apparently there are over 200 specie of this plant. The man collects the life insurance, moves to a small town in western New South Wales, and plants eucalypts… lots of them. It’s about a man whose wife dies while giving birth to their daughter. Nothing else, I guess Eucalyptus lives up to its title.
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