When the Night Comes [Paperback] Parrett, Favel

Bo and his mother live on the remote Tasmanian island of Bruny, running a failing seal-spotting business while navigating the weight of loss. When a former rock star washes up at their door seeking refuge, the fragile equilibrium of their lives begins to shift. Favel Parrett's second novel is a quiet, melancholic portrait of grief, isolation, and the small gestures that keep people tethered to each other. The Tasmanian landscape — cold, unforgiving, starkly beautiful — is as much a character as the people inhabiting it. Parrett writes with restraint and precision, capturing the way silence can be both suffocating and sacred. If you loved *Past the Shallows* or gravitate toward spare, emotionally layered Australian fiction, this one will stay with you long after the last page.