All the birds, singing

This story has a haunting quality, as it slowly unfolds backwards (and forward) in front of your inner eyes. It's very visceral and poetic in it's descriptions of solitude, nature, and animals. The dirt of the Australia outback, the constantly buzzing flies, the fear, the running from a past, the darkness full of monsters, the depictions of violence/assault, and the unwillingness yet necessity to let people into your life. When you reach the end, and uncovered all the threads of the tapestry of Jake's life, it's less like finishing a puzzle, but more like having all elements of her story keep buzzing inside your head. Good stuff. Read it over the last 2-3 days.