Jacqueline Kent

She does not have anybody in her life who is affected particularly by the conscription referendum.

Except she walks through it.

She walks through it all.

Yes, she does.

She walks through it, but it's... What do you mean she walks through it?

Yes, I think so, yeah.

Yeah, that's true.

But it's background for, an angry background for her.

There's no feeling about what it actually was.

And I miss that in the book.

But, hey, it's Stephen Carroll and he knows what he's doing and it's a really good book.

It's interesting, isn't it?

Well, it's through public transport because Vic is an engine driver and there's a lot about public transport in his... Hang on, hang on.

No, no, no.

Vic, this is the baby she's about to have.

The fact that he's written it as number six in a series of six would suggest to me that he is thinking of it as...

a sequel prequel, if you know what I mean, as a book that kind of should have been read in connection with the others.

And you do appreciate those.

Those flashes are intriguing.

I like them very much.