It is about a young man, Satchel, living in a declining Tasmanian town and his encounter with a wild animal that may be a Thylacine.

Thylacines – once native to mainland Australia and Papua New Guinea – make many appearances in Australian literature despite being extinct since 1936.

The Sunday Times, in its review, wrote: "Teenagers whose developing intellect is above the gossipy pap and illiterate dialogue that "young adult" writing sometimes embraces will find in Hartnett's latest novel exact and thoughtful writing that gives localised events general resonance...This book not only exercises the mind, but also stirs the heart.

"[1] Booktrust wrote that "Hartnett’s precise, graceful writing explores the tantalising potential of suspended lives.

A hugely-absorbing book that repays slow reading, in which even small events are momentous".