Gaffer is a surreal, haunting novel of a young man tied to a place, but able to explore the depths of the sea and swim freely across the tides of time. Living in a dying outpost town and haunted by the memory of his father's death aboard the doomed Ocean Ranger, Gaffer is obsessively drawn to the sea. Miraculously, he is transformed into a fish-like creature capable of taking to the ocean, where he experiences episodes from Newfoundland's past, and is granted a dark vision of its future. With a master's grace, Kevin Major weaves the distinctive language of Newfoundland into a narrative that is both poetic and profoundly moving.
- ISBN10 0385256671
- ISBN13 9780385256674
- Publish Date 16 June 1997
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Doubleday Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 202
- Language English