a warm-hearted book crammed with interesting ideas. It's a book full of doomsday predictions with a Cityboy in a starring role that makes the world seem like a more hopeful place. It's also very, very good. EMERALD STREET This is a tremendously enjoyable book. And as the front pages crowd with headlines that grow ever more grim, Not Forgetting the Whale offers a very welcome alternative. -- Marianne Levy INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY An intriguing and thought-provoking story CANDIS An exciting and moving read ESSENTIALS The lives of the residents in sleepy St Piran is changed when a man washes up, half drowned, on the shore of the Cornish seaside village. THE TIMES It's easy to see this simply as a modern interpretation of the story of Jonah and the whale, but this charming tale by John Ironmonger. is considerably more complex. it's a love story of sorts and, above all, it's about hte innate goodness of people and our connections with the wider world PRESS ASSOCIATION A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall ... charming FINANCIAL TIMES This book achieves what should be impossible: a heart-warming dystopia. Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity. ELLE UK