Summary: Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.

Summary: An Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s runs away from a Catholic boarding school with his cruel headmaster in hot pursuit, meeting eccentric characters along the journey back to his hometown.

Summary: A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.