Hunter

Leigh, Julia

£6.99

An unnamed man has been sent to retrieve the DNA of the last Tasmanian tiger, an animal previously believed to be extinct. On his solitary trips into the wilderness, his remarkable survival skills of every kind are put to the test.

Out of stock

Publish Date: 21/05/2001

Description

The hunter arrives in an isolated community in the Tasmanian wilderness with a single purpose in mind: to find the last thylacine, the tiger of fable, fear and legend. The man is in the employ of the mysterious ‘Company’, but his sinister purpose is never revealed and as his relationship with a grieving mother and her two children becomes more ambiguous, the hunt becomes his own. Leigh’s Tasmania is a place where the wilderness can still claim lives; where the connection between people and the land is at best uneasy and cannot be trusted. In prose of exceptional clarity and elegance, Julia Leigh creates an unforgettable picture of a man obsessed by an almost mythical animal in a damp dangerous landscape. The Hunter is the work of a compelling storyteller and a truly remarkable literary stylist.

Additional information

Weight 155 g
Dimensions 197 × 128 × 12 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

170

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K