The hunter
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Bibliographic Information
The hunter
（Penguin fiction）（Penguin books）
Penguin Books, 2001
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
Note
"First published by Penguin Books Australia, Ltd. 1999, first published in the United States of America by Four Walls Eight Windows 2000"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Now a major motion picture starring William Dafoe
A man identified only as "M" is hired by a multinational biotech company to locate and hunt down the last known Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine. Beginning at a remote house on the fringe of a vast wilderness, M embarks on a fateful course deep into the forest and an ancient world of silence and stillness. The Hunter is a haunting adventure tale of obsession and redemption, worthy of Conrad or Melville, where a business proposition takes on mythic aspects, as the quest for an extinct animal becomes a search not for ultimate profit but for the essence of life that technology has all but crushed.
"Impressive."-The New York Times Book Review
"Strong and Hypnotic."- Don DeLillo
"[Leigh's] narration is as clear-eyed and cold-blooded as her hero."-The New Yorker
"A memorable debut, one full of many rewards and a subtle, precise beauty."-San Francisco Chronicle
by "Nielsen BookData"