The Toymaker is an absolute firecracker of a novel. It will bewitch you, fascinate, emrage and educate you. It will also break your heart. Set in Melbourne past and present, wartime Prague and the living hell of Auschwitz, The Toymaker is a fable of contemporary Australia and the twisting, turning rivulets that make us who we are. A deft storyteller, Liam Pieper has created one of Australian Fiction’s most intriguing characters in Arkady Kulakov. Review by Myoung
