The Cutter

'The Cutter' is the fourth novel of Western Australian author, Philip James Kirke. In a shed in suburban Perth, Western Australia, Noah has been building a boat for thirty years. He has been dreaming and planning of a voyage like no other. The tedium of his mundane existence is finally on the cusp of changing, forever. The future that should have been his, soon will be. And it is his boat that is going to take him there, a magnificent classic sailing yacht, two foresails, a bow sprit, a large teak deck, and graceful in every detail. All that the boat lacks is a name. And Noah even meets the woman who provides the name. But dreams don't always go to plan. And when he has spent thirty years dreaming of a moment, when that moment finally comes, will he be ready for it? Does he really want to cross those unknown horizons or are the quirks and characters and details of the life he sought to escape the very things that draw him most deeply? This is the story of two voyages: one a journey planned, the other a journey Noah never intended to take and discovers too late he has already taken. "... And then finally those things that cut you deepest, hurt you so profoundly, altered your very destiny, are no longer relevant even to you..."