The novel's about a bloke called Bloke but it's the women who explain manhood and his identity. A disappointed man always heads bush but never knows what to expect. The fishing inductry tries to be straight but never quite manages and Bloke tries fitting into it with the same result. He's looking for himself but ends up finding a continent, Australia. 'The story of an ordinary man who discovers he's not so ordinary. Pascoe is one of our finest writers.' Ray Lawrence Previously published by Penguin 2009