Trombones

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This evocative semi-autobiographical novel is set in Paddington, Sydney, during the late sixties and early seventies. It was a bright, sunny time when the energy and razzamatazz of Oxford Street, its bars, steam rooms and cabarets were transforming Paddington into a popular gay mecca.

It is against this background that Martin and Ricky meet. It was definitely love at first sight. But could it last? For Martin, surrounded by a smorgasbord of temptations, was having trouble, particularly with brash Lex Nixon, a former junior squash champion and now an investigative reporter on a daily newspaper.

Weaving through the narrative is a flashback to Martin’s two years in London and Bath, where he’d gone to reconcile himself with his absent father, a man he has not seen for more than fifteen years, his formative years. At first there is an awkwardness between them. He feels more at ease with Gail, his father’s new wife, who helps to bridge the gap and bring them closer together.

As in his last novel, The Museum, Julian Halls again gives us a mixed bag of delightfully offbeat characters.