Novel presenting the story of two architects: Andrew Martin, a feted young Australian whose success has come early, and Johannes Von Ruhland, an aging genius who draws with the hand of God but whose work has never been realised. When Martin finally meets Von Ruhland on a trip to Berlin, it is a dream fulfilled, but once that dream is brought back to Australia, it jeopardises his marriage and divides his friends. Martin returns to Berlin and the master architect proposes a daring collaboration. The book was shortlisted for the 2002 Miles Franklin, the SA Festival and Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Author won the 1994 Victorian Premier's Prize for his novel 'What I Have Written'. His sequence of five novellas, 'Before I Wake', was shortlisted for the NBC Banjo and the Miles Franklin awards and the Victorian Premier's Prize.