In 1980 Adelaide was in the grip of serial killers targeting young people in the counterculture. Roxanne arrived to study arts. She moved into an art student house by the beach where artists were pushing the limits of art, love and life. She met Raymond. Then mysteriously housemates started disappearing. A fictional memoir set against a backdrop of real events, unsolved disappearances and the "Family murders.

Cover photograph: Eternity by Ruth Skilbeck

Title: Café Life in the Antipodes

Author: Ruth Skilbeck

Publisher: Borderstream Books

Publication date: 26 August 2018

ISBN: 9780648299868 (paperback)

Page count: 240

Book dimensions: 14 x 1.4 x 21.6 cm

Boxed-book Weight: 322 g