Very Like a Whale

By Ferdinand Mount

Pheasant-shooting on the Wiltshire downs; East-West conflict in a Berlin night club; infighting in city boardrooms; and sexual skirmishing in the Kensington outback, on the fringes of Winkhill golf club and in a smart Basque resort are some of the elements of this novel. The story concerns the Whale family: Hervey, a less than brilliant Tory Minister; his father, an amiable retired Brigadier; his vague wife Cynthia, and their son George, a young man working in a merchant bank. The Whales are solid, passive and prone to daydreams but their respectable fa?ade threatens to crumble when external forces infiltrate their family unit. Very Like a Whale , Ferdinand Mount's first novel, displays quiet wit and elegance as he explores the underlying theme of power in personal relations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571259103
• ISBN13: 9780571259106
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 5.0"