"Despite everything he was a loving man, a man with much to give mankind and womankind, a man who in fact did give, who gave until it hurt. And yet, the world was ungrateful, and even contemptuous. Inevitably he was hurt, and hurt again, and again, and again, and again." (from the papers of Reginald Wells ) Reginald Wells' explosive tales of life in rural Australia. Previously only circulated in ragged samizdat manuscript, this collection of short stories is now available in an authoritative version. Destined to become an Australian classic. Horrifyingly vulgar, disgustingly honest, and only believable if you discount the possibility that humans can be in any way admirable.