Halibut on the Moon

‘An absolutely riveting read, and I take my hat off to Vann for not just imagining his father’s very troubled mind, but for writing such an arresting and beautifully melancholic testament to him…[T]he best thing that I have read so far this year.’ * Readings Monthly * ‘One of the most darkly talented and unsettling writers working today.’ * Guardian * ‘His prose is as clear, fresh and invigorating as a starry winter night on an Aleutian mountainside.’ * The Times * 'Vann gives us ample food for thought...his incredibly powerful and deeply affecting novel makes us feel as well as think.' * Australian * ‘Disturbing and haunting...David Vann excels at writing about the darkest side of the human heart.’ * Denver Post * ‘Vann's gift – his quest, almost – is a willingness to explore the unimaginable, the unthinkable, on the page. He is the real thing – a mature, risk-taking and fantastically adept fiction writer who dares go to the darkest places, explore their most appalling corners.’ * Observer * 'What endures the most from this novel is the sense of desperation that emerges from its central character—a feeling that’s at once profoundly alienated from everything and everyone around it and heartbreakingly tactile. A moving portrait of a family dealing with loss before it happens and of the harrowing ways depression can disrupt countless lives.’ * Kirkus * ‘Raw and heartbreaking…[A] poignant, powerful story.’ * San Francisco Examiner * ‘Insightful and fearless, Halibut is a melancholically beautiful and important read.’ * North & South Magazine * ‘Crackles with bleakness and beauty, terror and truth.’ * NZ Listener *