An affectionate and lyrical portrait of three people whose lives have become inextricably linked with islands and the sea, particularly that stretch of water between Tasmania and mainland Australia known as Bass Strait.
A quote from Lawrence Durrell which appears as a coda tells us that islomania is 'a rare but by no means unknown affliction of the spirit' whereby islands become 'irresistible'. Being on an island fills the afflicted with an 'indescribable intoxication'. This is a portrait of three men who live in splendid isolation on islands in Bass Strait.—Official Library Catalogue Summary