Pecking Disorder

By Robert Moore

Two guys finally get it together one evening amongst the Eucalyptus trees above Hobart, Tasmania in 1971.

It is 1971 Hobart, Tasmania. Ross Mayne is boarding at an education department hostel to complete Year 12. He has been away from the family farm for a month. The night before he returns home buddy Michael Nichols, climbs into his bed.

An anxious weekend of disclosures and secrets follow. Ross's older brother Phillip leaves home in a hurry. Fearing what people might say, the Mayne family fabricates a story about Phillip's departure. Ross is offered the family farm.

Despite the need for silence, Ross and Michael get it together in a night of sustained passion underneath the Southern Cross.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MLR Press
• Release date: Mar 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370939886

Robert Moore

Robert Moore is an award-winning TV journalist who was ITN’s Moscow correspondent during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and subsequently served as their Middle East correspondent. Since 1997, he has been their foreign affairs editor, covering a wide range of international stories, including wars in Chechnya, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.