Winner of the world s richest literary prize for his novel Remembering Babylon, David Malouf is a complex and poetic writer. In his beautiful and evocative stories the past is always very close to the surface of the present. Half-forgotten memories, inner states, obligation and friendship all provide him with inspiration. Filmed on location in Australia, England, Ireland and Italy, and making atmospheric use of archive footage and dramatisation, this documentary is an emotive exploration of his work.