How Ian McGuire wrote his acclaimed novel of a whaling ship full of dark deeds

By Jason Steger
Updated March 1 2017 - 6:08pm, first published February 18 2017 - 12:30am
"It's a much more gritty, realistic, nasty version of the whaling industry than you get in Moby-Dick": Ian McGuire. Photo: Supplied
"It's a much more gritty, realistic, nasty version of the whaling industry than you get in Moby-Dick": Ian McGuire. Photo: Supplied

Think whaling in the 19th century and invariably Moby-Dick comes to mind. So if you happen to be writing a novel set on a whaling ship, then – as Ian McGuire puts it – "you kind of feel Melville peering over your shoulder".

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