I had been lamenting the fact that I don't re-read as much as I'd like so I picked this one up on impulse after singing its praises to someone who had just watched the film (a brilliant film imo). Well my opinion hasn't changed very much. This is still a fantastic novel and it amazes me Thomas Savage isn't more well known. Hopefully, Campion's film changes that because the prose here is sharp and the components that make this such an excellent story (plot, characterization, dialogue, theme, etc) are so smoothly woven together. This is a masterful work.