Book description
One hundred and fifty years after the establishment of land-based
whaling in Australia, its last outpost is Angelus, a small town already
struggling for survival. Long-dormant passions are awakened by the
arrival of the conservationists, who threaten the town's livelihood and
disturb the fragile peace under which its inhabitants live. 'Full of
strikingly described action . . . an imaginative reconstruction of
primitive whaling and the personal suffering involved . . . Tim Winton,
in this admirable novel, deals with pride, loneliness, longing for love
and the struggle between nostalgic heroes and the heroism of compassion'
The Times 'All this is dazzling, dazzling. It makes the heart pound' Los
Angeles Times 'A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly,
and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world' Observer
