Peter Newall

Peter Newall was born in Sydney, Australia, where he worked as a roadmender, in a dockyard and as a lawyer, but has also lived in Kyoto, Japan, where he fronted a popular blues band, and in Odessa, Ukraine. He has been published in England, Hong Kong, the USA and Australia.

The ship’s cabin would have been entirely dark but for the single brass-rimmed porthole above the upper bunk.