Haunting Melody In his new novel Night Falling, Martin Chipperfield explores the aftermath of an unspeakable family tragedy. Rick Davis, an up-and-coming deejay on a metropolitan radio station, is finally given the coveted rush-hour slot, but as his career catapults to sublime levels his marriage collapses. The characters in Night Falling drift through confusion and jealousy, pain and fantasy—their lives crashing together. A bizarre array of characters move in and out of Rick’s life, mirroring his despair and a growing sense of isolation: a caller threatens arson, a cab driver finds his fare dead, a beggar on the sidewalk crouches in the darkness singing a haunting melody as Rick passes by. Told in poetic free verse, Night Falling looks into human nature and modern marriage, revealing resentment and blame can destroy love, and tracing how even the sweetest of marriages can be reduced to ashes in the wake of tragedy. About the Author As a writer and editor (and radio deejay) Martin Chipperfield has worked in radio, television, newspapers, and magazines. He has had two plays, Making Love and Morning After produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and a stage play The Documents performed in his home town Adelaide, Australia. He twice sold the screenplay Departure (yet to be produced) and a telemovie script Hello Out There the precursor of Night Falling. His screenplay Parting Touches was short-listed recently by the Australian Film Commission for production funding. Night Falling is his second novel. Night Falling
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