Curious behaviour

A visit from Virginia (Jinny) Duigan, an old friend. Her second novel, The Biographer, has recently been published. Like her first, Days Like These, it is a compelling read, a real page-turner. Curiously though, her publisher, Random House, is selling it only in Australia, where Jinny lives. The ways of the conglomerates can be mysterious. Australia is no doubt a lovely country, but The Biographer deserves an international audience, not a parochial one. Random House could pick up some tips from smaller, independent publishers, such as Solidus, my publisher, which gratefully sees the world as its market place.