Children's Bach

''A jewel of a novel about a perfect family falling apart''
DAVID NICHOLLS

''The Children''s Bach is Garner''s masterpiece''
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''A perfect novel. I was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block''
RUMAAN ALAM

Athena and Dexter Fox are happy. They love each other. They are friends.

They live with their young sons in a sparsely furnished house near the Merri Creek: its walls cracking, its ...