content: This is Morrison's best novel ; an intricate and enthralling examination of topics as diverse as moral machismo , ageism , self corruption , sexual freedom and the very nature of the human soul ! The power of these ideas and this novel in general do not , however , lie souly in Morrisons ability to engauge her audience in phillisophical theorising but equally in her ability to entertain with a good story and delight with fantastic desciptions , images and brilliantly alagorical occurances ......