The Solid Mandala is a novel of compelling power and rich human insight, spanning five decades in the lives of twin brothers, Waldo and Arthur. With unparalleled skill, acclaimed novelist Patrick White weaves the strands of their two lives into a spellbinding illumination of the human condition. Waldo, small in size but dominant in temperament, sees himself as the superior intellect; Arthur is "Gods fool," an innocent visionary, loving and outgoing. As their familial and sexual identities subtly change through half a century, Arthur and Waldo are bound together in conflict - and in their two beings may be seen the range of man's physical, emotional, and moral experience.
