Not Forgetting the Whale

By: J. W. Ironmonger

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Paperback | 10 November 2015 | Edition Number 1

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From the author of The Notable Brian of Maximilian Ponder and The Coincidence Authority, a book about humanity, love . . . and a whale. Includes reading-group notes.

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 doctor and the beachcomber, to the flirtatious 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 is a city analyst who has fled London, fearing he may - inadvertently - have caused a global financial collapse.

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 heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about community, the best and worst in our nature, and the search for a place to call home.

About the Author

John Ironmonger was born and grew up in East Africa. He has a doctorate in zoology, and was once an expert on freshwater leeches. He is the author of The Good Zoo Guide and the novels The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa First Novel Prize and the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize, and The Coincidence Authority. He was part of a world record team for speed reading Shakespeare and once drove across the Sahara in a GBP100 banger. He lives in rural Shropshire with his wife Sue and has two grown-up children.

Industry Reviews

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 - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Bloody brilliant

A compelling and unusual modern fable. If the apocalypse comes, I'm heading straight for St Piran

Beautiful, dark, uplifting

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