Deliria

Meet William. Hes twenty-two. Hes highly intelligent. Hes an acerbic critic of Australian suburban life. And hes lost. Chafing against his rural-Aussie background William sees a university career in Thailand as his intellectual salvation but he just cant seem to get it together. When he bumps into a childhood friend Deliria now a scorchingly attractive eighteen-year-old music student she reveals a secret: shes a compulsive shoplifter. Of course hes now completely smitten. Outclassed and intimidated William tries to win her over by aiding and abetting her in a succession of minor thefts and saving her life whenever things go awry. Overflowing with the riotous immediacy of desire Deliria is a comic-serious exploration of an educated young mans quest to find his way in the world. A love song to Deliria Thailand and twelfth-century French poetry it proves that literary cultivation savoir faire bravery sexual obsession moral laxity and complete stupidity can exist in the one person.