Lanagan's confident tale draws on folklore and fairytaleI've admired Margo Lanagan's work for a long time, so I had high hopes of her latest novel. Beyond the slight disappointment of the cover (does every book for teens at the moment have to have a moody girl in a ridiculously fancy frock? And this one, draped over a wet rock, looks as though she can't hide her boredom till the photoshoot's over), my hopes were realised.The novel spans several generations, with the desires of the inhabitants of Rollrock Island explored through a series of episodes, each one taking a different protagonist. We start with a short tale from young Daniel Mallett, as he and his friends carefully avoid Misskaella Prout. Why? ...