The Sooterkin
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Sooterkin
By (Author) Tom Gilling
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
1st April 1999
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Fiction
A823.3
Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1999
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 136mm, Height 213mm, Spine 17mm
254g
Description
On a squally afternoon in the winter of 1821 Sarah Dyer gives birth to the strangest child ever seen in Van Diemen's Land, a thing more seal than human. The Reverend Mr Kidney at first suspects a virgin birth. Mr Sculley, an anatomist and man of science, hails it as the antipodean answer to the elusive Dutch sooterkin.The pup is a joy to its parents and a welcome companion to the their nine-year-old son, Ned. But when a well-dressed stranger arrives bearing a modest proposal for the infant's future, no-one foresees the trouble that lies ahead. The Sooterkin is a vividly imagined and wickedly funny tale of an upside-down world turned inside out.
Author Bio
Authors Bio, not available
