{"product_id":"9780143180258","title":"Shallows","description":"Author: Winton, Tim\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143180258\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Jul 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Winton's first Miles Franklin-winner, \u003ci\u003eShallows\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around the ruthless commerce of whaling, and Queenie Cookson, who joins the fight to end it.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngelus is a frontier town with a dark colonial past. And, for a century and a half, it's been a whaling port first and foremost. Queenie Cookson comes from a long line of whalers, but she loves the majestic creatures that visit every winter, so when citified conservationists descend on her community to protest, she's torn between loyalties. And everything solid around her begins to come apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eShallows \u003c\/i\u003eis that rare thing, not historical  fiction, but fiction which brings the history of a place to life . . . a  major work of Australia literature.'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A profound and inspiring work of fiction.'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is dazzling, dazzling.  It makes the heart pound.'\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Shallows  is more than a passionate meditation on the tragedy of whaling; it is  in some ways a minimalist \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, a questioning of the ways of God to  man and of man to God.'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135650672798,"sku":"UBD-9780143180258","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143180258.jpg?v=1786626379","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143180258","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}