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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571259103
• ISBN13: 9780571259106
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"