opus, the League of Nations trilogy. Sian Cain, in her obituary in the Guardian, observes: Moorhouse wrote prolifically and with irreverence and humour of his passions – food, drink, travel, sex and gender. Early in his fiction, and later in his 2005 memoir, Martini [sic], he wrote frankly about his own bisexuality and androgyny. In his writing, he said, he wanted to explore "the idea of intimacy without family – now that procreation is not the only thing that gives sex meaning". A portrait of Moorhouse, "Uncle Frank's Dark Palace" by Dr Wei Cheng (husband of his niece, Karin Moorhouse) was entered in the Archibald Prize in 2019. It features his favourite drink. The Melbourne Gin Company artisanal distillery was founded in 2012 after winemaker Andrew Marks was inspired by Martini: A Memoir. References Works by Frank Moorhouse