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Like a weather-beaten A Visit from the Goon Squad, Robbie Arnott´s mad, wild debut novel is rough-hewn from the Tasmanian landscape and imbued with the folkloric magic of the oldest fireside storytellers.

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´A strange and joyous marvel´ Richard Flanagan
´Delightful... Enchanting´ Guardian
´Spectacular´ Culturefly

A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his sister, Charlotte - who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman named Karl hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire.

The answers to these riddles are to be found in this tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island that takes us full circle. SHORTLISTED FOR THE READINGS PRIZE FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION

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Robbie Arnott was born in Launceston in 1989. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He won the 2015 Tasmanian Young Writers´ Fellowship and the 2014 Scribe Non-fiction Prize for Young Writers. He lives in Hobart.

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