A Stairway to Paradise

A Stairway to Paradise is classic Madeleine St John: poignant, witty and full of sharp and subtle observations.Alex and Andrew are friends. And Barbara...Barbara is a goddess. Here is the eternal triangle, the story of three people locked in an unhappy tangle of emotions, none able to articulate the precise quality of their longing and dissatisfaction. Are any of them truly interested in reaching the 'paradise' they claim to be seeking, or are they actually trying to avoid it?In St John's hands, what is commonplace is transformed and transcendent. This is the work of an extraordinary writer.'Not many novelists have a posthumous resurrection as striking as St John's...She was quite simply, a great Australian novelist...St John's touch is light, but like a cat paw can draw blood when needed...a delight.' Sunday Age