The Big Galah is our newest release:

When a deal involving an enhanced parrot goes awry, urban entrepreneur Jimmy Hay heads west in a borrowed car and lands in a drought-stricken outback town. By accident, more than design, he soon finds himself mistaken for a holy man.

What follows is a story that blends fable with comedy as the locals — lonely, hopeful, suspicious and faintly ridiculous — begin to project their needs onto the stranger in their midst, their plight so lovingly drawn they’re somehow never without a certain dignity.

The delightful colour and weird compassion of a lost Australian vernacular is delivered with Lee’s trademark finesse, his deft hand for dialogue and ability to capture the strange poetry of human vulnerability at its most assured.

Funny, sly, and unexpectedly tender, The Big Galah reveals its insights with wit and warmth — a novel that returns us to another time, yet feels quietly at odds with our own, inviting us to consider what may have been lost or gained along the way.