An Open Swimmer

Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra’s friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don’t understand about Sean’s mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl. They think he needs a job, but what Jerra is searching for is more elusive. Only the sea, and perhaps the old man who lives in a shack beside it, can help. An Open Swimmer is a remarkable first novel by one of Australia’s most loved and respected writers.

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Date Published: 1982 (1^st Ed.)

Book Condition: Very good hardcover showing chipping and edge wear to the bottom edges of the boards. The un-clipped dust jacket shows minor edge and surface wear and minor foxing on the inside. Internally a near fine, clean, unmarked and tight copy.

ISBN: 0868612200