Nyree and Cia live on a remote farm in the east of what was Rhodesia in the late 1970s. Their world extends as far as the big fence, erected to keep out the 'Terrs' whom their father is off fighting. The two girls know little beyond that until the arrival from the outside world of 'the bastard', their orphaned cousin Ronin, who is to poison their idyll for ever. Set against the convulsive backdrop of war and a country's death throes, THE VOLUPTUOUS DELIGHTS is a magical evocation of childhood - a beautiful, engaging novel that was shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Award 2008.