num_pages: 329
description: In the late 1880s, Will Dance abandons his father's traditional irrigation methods for the modern science of engineering, but a job in western Australia finds him returning to the secrets of the drowners
language: English
title: The Drowner
titlecomplete: The Drowner
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Australia, Novels, Africa
ratings_count: 260
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
publisher: St Martins Pr