[This is] one of those magnificent novels given to us when a great writer is in perfect harmony with the mythic soul of humanity -- Carmen Callil * Guardian *<br />He is, in the finest sense, a <i>world </i>novelist * Guardian *<br />His greatest novel, <i>The Tree of Man</i> is a tragic pastoral about the penitential struggle with nature in a grim Australian Eden -- Peter Conrad * Observer *<br />The novel has unforgettable scenes, marvellous characters, wide ranges of mood, strikingly fresh imagery - all those ingredients which make a novel...become a permanent part of our memory * Washington Post *<br />A timeless work of art from which no essential element of life has been omitted * New York Times Book Review *