Wake of the Whale by Kinsella & Wade

Wake of the Whale by Kinsella & WadeIt is a little known fact that from 19081922, two Norwegian owned whaling stations operated in County Mayo, not far from the area that would be at the heart of the Corrib gas controversy a century later. Watcher has lived in Mayo most of her life. When she stumbles upon this fact she becomes, like many before her, obsessed with the whales. Reflecting on colonialism and the climate crisis, she asks, What is it that makes the men hunt them? Mariner

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'A great achievement

as well as from his worst self-immolating excesses later in life

vivid and humane

would have loved it and found great joy in its honesty

he nevertheless found solace in nature

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