About the Book: The Idea of Perfection: Picador Classic
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, The Idea of Perfection is a witty
and tender romance. With an introduction by Evie Wyld The Idea of Perfection by
Kate Grenville is a funny and touching romance between two people whove given up
on love. Set in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, New South Wales,
pop. 1374, it tells the story of Douglas Cheeseman, a gawky engineer with
jug-handle ears, and Harley Savage, a woman altogether too big and too abrupt
for comfort. Harley is in Karakarook to foster Heritage, and Douglas is there