《巢》讲述了汤姆·基利帮助幼童凯走出创伤、建立自信的故事,在此过程中汤姆重获人生的尊严和价值。表面上看,澳大利亚在全球金融危机中毫发无伤,人们沉浸在工业急速发展的狂喜之中,然而繁荣背后却暗藏黑洞,人际关爱的荒漠化成为最严重的社会危机。如何守护住爱的家园成为摆在澳大利亚人面前的重大社会课题。小说借回顾反文化运动暗示嬉皮士当年倡导的人际关爱理念对当下澳大利亚社会爱的沦陷有重要的救赎价值。 “The Nest” tells the story of Tom Kieli to help young Kai out of trauma, to build confidence in the process, Tom regain the dignity and value of life. On the surface, Australia was intact in the global financial crisis. People were immersed in the ecstasy of rapid industrial development. However, behind the prosperity there was a hidden black hole, and inter-personal desertification became the most serious social crisis. How to guard the homeland of love has become a major social issue before the Australians. The novel recalls that the anti-cultural movement hinted that the concept of interpersonal love advocated by hippies had an important value of salvation to the current fall of Australian social love.