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Not Forgetting The Whale - John Ironmonger

Not Forgetting The Whale

By: John Ironmonger

Hardcover | 12 February 2015 | Edition Number 1

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When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak has fled the City of London fearing a worldwide collapse of civilisation, a collapse forecast by Cassie, a computer program he designed.

But is the end of the world really nigh? Can Joe convince the village to seal itself off from the outside world?

And what of the whale that lurks in the bay?

Intimate, funny and deeply moving, Not Forgetting the Whale is the story of a man on a journey to find a place he can call home.
Industry Reviews
a warm-hearted book crammed with interesting ideas. It's a book full of doomsday predictions with a Cityboy in a starring role that makes the world seem like a more hopeful place. It's also very, very good. EMERALD STREET This is a tremendously enjoyable book. And as the front pages crowd with headlines that grow ever more grim, Not Forgetting the Whale offers a very welcome alternative. -- Marianne Levy INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY An intriguing and thought-provoking story CANDIS An exciting and moving read ESSENTIALS The lives of the residents in sleepy St Piran is changed when a man washes up, half drowned, on the shore of the Cornish seaside village. THE TIMES It's easy to see this simply as a modern interpretation of the story of Jonah and the whale, but this charming tale by John Ironmonger. is considerably more complex. it's a love story of sorts and, above all, it's about hte innate goodness of people and our connections with the wider world PRESS ASSOCIATION A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall ... charming FINANCIAL TIMES This book achieves what should be impossible: a heart-warming dystopia. Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity. ELLE UK

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