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In this bold and cheeky meditation on religion, middle-aged muscleman, uncertain Catholic and wanna-be academic Sterling de Bortoli is a self-described Octaroon: a one-eighth Aboriginal Australian. Neither black nor white this part-blood Blackfella struggles with concepts of identity, moving between the two worlds but not really belonging to either. Thus he pursues a frustrated, anarchic, homeless existence in Canberra and Melbourne, until, through the influence of the Anti-Christ, his Dark Lord Maria, he travels to Islamic Morocco. It´s a land completely foreign to his Dreamtime totem, and it´s where de Bortoli learns to be a full-blood vampire ... a monster who never says sorry.

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The author was born in Adelaide and holds a masters from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Queensland University of Technology. His published creative writing includes a novel ("I Woke Up Feeling Thailand" Sid Harta 2004) and theatre ("Suicide Plays" VDM 2009). Starrs´ ancestry is a mix of Celtic, Mediterranean and Aboriginal Australian.

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