Shallows by Tim Winton

Shallows by Tim Winton

Whales have always been the life-force of Angelus, a small town on the south coast of Western Australia. Their annual passing defines the rhythms of a life where little changes, and the town depends on their carcasses. So when the battle begins on the beaches outside the town, and when Queenie Cookson, a local girl, joins the Greenies to make amends for the crimes of her whaling ancestors, it can only throw everything into chaos.

All this is dazzling, dazzlingIt 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 *
A major work by anyone’s standards . . . mysterious, painful and beautiful. * Washington Post *

Tim Winton has published twenty-six books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.

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ISBN 13	9780330319645
ISBN 10	0330319647
Title	Shallows
Author	Tim Winton
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2009-10-02
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.