A Pure Clear Light

`A Pure Clear Light is funny, cruel and finely written, exploring the place and time where marriages and affairs come undone...pitch perfect.' * Sunday Times * `St John is one of those astonishing masters of dialogue such as Harold Pinter or Helen Garner, though faster than either, so that the effort of her speech is like great tennis or ballet...It's a book about the search for truth and St John has an all but flawless ear for it.' * Australian * `Witty, clear-eyed and provocatively perceptive, Madeleine St John deserves a lasting readership.' * Canberra Times * `Both funny and affecting...her gift for capturing conversation takes us deep into the hearts of both characters.' * West Australian *