The Sooterkin

The Sooterkin

by TomGilling (Author)

Synopsis

On a squally afternoon in the winter of 1821, Sarah Dyer gives birth to the strangest child ever seen in Tasmania, a thing more seal than human. The pup is a joy to its parents and a welcome companion to their nine-year-old son, Ned, who discovers surprising and profitable talents in his whiskery brother. But when a well-dressed stranger arrives bearing a modest proposal for the infant's future, no one forsees the trouble that lies ahead. A fantastical story in the tradition of Peter Carey, roundly praised by the critics and already an international bestseller.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 31 May 2001

ISBN 10: 0140288112
ISBN 13: 9780140288117
Prizes: Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1999.

Author Bio
Tom Gilling was born in Norwich in 1961 and emigrated to Australia in 1983. His journalism has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, the Bulletin and Rolling Stone. He lives in Sydney and The Sooterkin is his first novel.