Author(s): Ben Walter

Tasmaniana | Tasmanian Fiction

They had pressed through the early discomfort of their slack suburban muscles into true track hardiness, lean and strong, but had then stepped further into a new phase: vicious cramps, the sweat dissolving their joints. The slow, patient wear and tear needling away and sewing them a suit of weariness and strain that covered their whole bodies.

This book is part of Jane Rawson’s list of ‘Five Tasmanian novels that will make you see nature differently’. Jane writes:

This slim novel is dense with feeling. A story of friendships based around long, hard walks: their trials and small joys, and the risks lurking in every outing. Ben is a peak bagger extraordinaire, and Conglomerate is rich with the sensations of hard-worked muscles and exhausted exhilaration.