Shallows

Shallows

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name = Shallows
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author = Tim Winton
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country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Allen & Unwin, Australia
release_date = 1984
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 235
isbn = 0868617938
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"Shallows" is a 1984 novel by Australian author Tim Winton about whaling.

"Shallows" won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award. Carolyn See called it "a dark masterpiece that ranks with (or above?) "Moby-Dick." [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062604164.html "Young Men and the Sea"] , Carolyn See, "The Washington Post", June 27, 2008; Page C05 ]

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