Death of a Whaler
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 First edition cover | |
| Author | Nerida Newton |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Publication date | July 2006 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 312 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 1-74114-791-3 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 74890341 |
| 823/.92 22 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.4.N49 D43 2006 |
| Preceded by | The Lambing Flat |
Death of a Whaler is a novel written by Australian author Nerida Newton and was first published in 2006. It is Newton's second novel.
Plot summary
Byron Bay, 1962. On the second last day before the whaling station is closed down for good, Flinch, the young spotter, is involved in a terrible accident.
Over a decade later, Flinch has become a recluse, unable to move on from that fatal moment. The Bay, too, seems stalled in its bloody past, the land and the ocean on which it was founded now barren and unyielding.
It is only after crossing paths with Karma, a girl living in one of the hinterland's first hippie communes, that Flinch gradually and reluctantly embarks upon a path towards healing, coming to terms with his past, present and future.
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