DIARY OF A BAD YEAR

An eminent, seventy-two-year-old Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. It is a chance to air some urgent concerns. In the laundry-room of his apartment block he encounters an alluring young woman and offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya has no interest in politics but the job provides a distraction, as does the writer's not unwelcome attraction toward her. Her boyfriend, Alan, an investment consultant who understands the world in harsh neo-liberal economic terms, has reservations about his trophy girlfriend spending time with this 1960s throwback. So Alan begins to formulate a plan.