Ruatoria, Sunday, 6 in the evening, the Sunday afternoon party is still going strong even if some are showing signs of tiredness. Lumberjacks, the unemployed, hunters, sheep shearers, all friends since childhood, close or distant cousins share their weekly salaries buying beer and alcohol. The next morning, they learn that Norman’s 19 year old son was in a car accident. He walked away unscathed: the car is in a ditch at the entrance to the town.