The Whale Tattoo Audiobook Libro.fm

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Cruelly beautiful utterly authentic introducing a searingly talented new Queer writer A novel for fans of A Girl is a HalfFormed Thing by Eimear McBride Peach by Emma Glass and Box Hill by Adam MarsJones When a giant sperm whale washes up on the local beach and tells Joe Gunner that death will follow him wherever he goes Joe knows that the place he needs to go is home Having stormed out two years ago it wont be easy Nor will returning to the river alongside the house where words ripple beneath the muddy black water washing up all sorts of memories and disturbing prophecies Joe turns to his sister Birdee the only person who has ever listened and to Tim Fysh a local fisherman and longtime lover but reviving their bond leads to trouble Joe tells himself that the whales predictions are wrong but the river is relentless As the waters settle Joe learns the truth and finds that all of us can hate but we can make a choice not to Ransoms fractured distinctive prose highlights the beauty and brutality of his story His extraordinarily vivid sense of place saturates the reader with the wet of the river and the salty tang of the heaving seaThis novel contains adult themes strong language and some scenes that might be upsetting to listeners The Whale Tattoo is a stunning achievement one of the most impressive and assured debuts Ive ever read Matt CainA bold brilliant and beautiful debut Susannah DunnWith assured narrative a vivid sense of place and atmosphere and flintsharp dialogue Jon Ransom has written a novel that is bleak and brutal but never sentimental utterly authentic and cruelly beautiful Matt BatesRaw uncompromising and authentic a remarkable debut from an astonishingly gifted writer Golnoosh NourThe Whale Tattoo is a stunning achievement one of the most impressive and assured debuts Ive ever read Matt CainA bold brilliant and beautiful debut Susannah DunnWith assured narrative a vivid sense of place and atmosphere and flintsharp dialogue Jon Ransom has written a novel that is bleak and brutal but never sentimental utterly authentic and cruelly beautiful Matt BatesRaw uncompromising and authentic a remarkable debut from an astonishingly gifted writer Golnoosh Nour