Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room by Janet Frame This is a story of a modern day Lazarus. Godfrey Rainbird, an ordinary man with a wife and children, is pronounced dead after an accident. Thirty-six hours later, it is discovered that he has really been in a coma. Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room accompanies Godfrey along his journey along the shadow-line between life and death, where he gathers knowledge of the fortunes---and misfortunes---of both. PA, ISBN: 0807613401 $11.95 (Can: $17.99)