Publisher's Synopsis
OUTBREAK OF LOVE GIVES AN AUTHENTIC PORTRAIT OF A FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY: MELBOURNEJUST BEFORE WORLD WAR I. IT CONTINUESTHE AUTHOR'S CHRONICLE OF THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN LANGTON FAMILY AND RE-INTRODUCES SOME OF THE CHARACTERS WHOBRIEFLY APPEARED IN THE TWO EARLIER LANGTON NOVELS, THE CARDBOARD CROWN AND A DIFFICULT YOUNGMAN. THERE IS WOLFIE THE INNOCENTLY IMMORAL MUSICIAN, DIANA HIS WIFE, FACED WITH THE PROBLEMOF LATE LOVE, MRS MONTAUBYN, HIS MISTRESS WHO INTRUDES TIPSILY INTO A BALLAT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AUNT MILDY, THE FRUSTRATED EMOTIONAL TIGRESS, AND THE BEAUTIFULLY-DRAWN YOUNG LOVERS.
