Three Dog Night - Peter Goldsworthy

I've read one other book by this author called Honk if you're Jesus, but in this one his style has acquired depth and angst. Martin and wife Lucy,both psychiatrists,who have come back from England after Martin's long absence from Australia, meet Martin's long time friend -a once brilliant surgeon who has changed from the person he knew. A complex relationship triangle develops. It's disturbing, mysterious, in a setting of Aboriginal initiations and dreamtime, a journey back to the desert, obsession, jealousy. I found the writing captivating, with phrases like "Early afternoon now, the air hazy with dust and pollen, air plankton stirred from the bottom of the deep, blue sky."