THE CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The Fisherman 7
Chapter 2 The Molly 15
Chapter 3 The rhythm of the Bay 21
Chapter 4  Selling the catch, now and then 25
Chapter 5 The old days 27
Chapter 6 Boat maintenance, the Bantam and the Handbag 31
Chapter 7 Port Melbourne 35
Chapter 8 The House 37
Chapter 9 The milk bar 41
Chapter 10 Risky business 45
Chapter 11 A morning fishing 47
Chapter 12 The Pub 51
Chapter 13 The regulars 55
Chapter 14 Oleg the Russian 59
Chapter 15 The bar 61
Chapter 16 The food in the pub 65
Chapter 17 Body or bag 69
Chapter 18 A visit to the Warthog 75
Chapter 19 Craypots, octopus and eels 81
Chapter 20 The Fisherman is thrown from the boat 85
Chapter 21 Local politics 89
Chapter 22 The hardware shop 95
Chapter 23 Back at the pub 99
Chapter 24 Mending the nets and a visit from Spud 103
Chapter 25 A trip up the river and the last eel fisher 107
Chapter 26 The fish restaurant 113
Chapter 27 The fisheries inspector 115
Chapter 28 Greek Easter 119
Chapter 29 A job for Skinny 123
Chapter 30 The stingray in the net 131
Chapter 31 Painless 135
Chapter 32 The incident in the lane 143
Chapter 33 The next day 149
Chapter 34 Murray comes to the house 155
Chapter 35 The frozen Russian and the run down the Bay 161
Chapter 36 Slackwater 165
Chapter 37 The run home 169
Chapter 38 “Oleg says goodbye 175
Chapter 39 “The singer in the bar 177
Chapter 40 The Russians pay a visit 179