The novel Maestro, by Peter Goldsworthy, who was born in Adelaide and then moved to Darwin to finish his education. Since graduating in medicine from the University of Adelaide, he has devoted his time equally to medicine and writing. He is married to a fellow graduate and they have three children. I believe Goldsworthy successfully explores issues relevant to a society in a different period of time, given the book is set in the 1960’s …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…setting also play a major role in contributing to the readers understanding of their world. Darwin- is remote and traditionally a non-cultural society. Late 19th Century Vienna was the centre of European cultural life (also early 20th Century). Most talent at that time came from Vienna, and of those most were Jewish. With the arrival of Hitler, and the Holocaust, many of Vienna's talented people lost their jobs and were sent off to concentration camps.