Hunter

I once had the pleasant experience of working in a fly in fly out basis into the beautiful island state of Tasmania. As is my want I used to haunt the bookshops, mostly 2nd hand, when I was able. With that I picked up this novel about a hunter looking for the last existing Tasmanian Tiger, or thylac......more

Under an assumed identity of Martin David, Naturalist, M arrives to hunt down the last Tasmanian tiger rumoured to exist within Tasmania. On the edge of the wilderness, he will soon slip into an untouched world of silence and stillness. Hunting the last thylacine, an animal extinct since the 1930’s,......more

(*Tentatively) This was...OK. I'm hovering between a two and a three. We have a fellow named M who has assumed the identity of Martin David, (naturalist) and enters the Tasmanian wilderness to find the final surviving Thylacine. Once he finds it, he's going to kill it. This is not your typical hunte......more

In the Tasmanian wilderness there is a sighting of a Tasmanian Tiger, a thylacine, thought extinct from 1930. A seeker arrived at the small community close to the sighting, sensing an opportunity for fame, but has been missing for several weeks. His family, wife and two small children, have rented a......more

So incredibly beautifully written that I couldn't put it down despite the sometimes grim and gruesome content. The explorations of nature and being at one-ness with it are extraordinary. It is amazing to me that this is someone's first novel. Later note: I can't stop thinking about this novel. It's de......more