J.M. Coetzee's Diary of a bad year is about loneliness, friendship and the
possibility of love. It takes the reader from Australian democracy to
Guantanamo Bay, from the meaning of dishonour to the creative truth of
dreams. Written in a wholly innovative form for three simultaneous voices;
enthralling, unexpected and deeply moving; Diary of a bad year may be the
most original work of fiction to appear this year.--Publisher.