The Theory of Relativity

A boys growing up book. Twins face the world of baby boom Australia and the family prison. Everything seems to be relatives. One twin goes to university, the other to a combat tour in Vietnam. The latter returns, his ideas & theories widely known, as the twentieth century's first celebrity scholar. A rollicking ride of whimsy, memory, travail and even triumph, of theories & ideas, philosophy and fun. Jokes abound. Parody also. And in the end: a redemption of sorts. A larger than life look at post-WWII Australia.

Ian Walters is the author or editor of half a dozen academic books. Turning to fiction, this was his first novel (published on amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, 2012, as an ebook). Here it is now in paperback by Outskirts Press, who published his second novel Hanh Dien.