The Final Voyage of Charles Le Corre

Judges’ Report

The Final Voyage of Charles Le Corre follows the lives of a French sealer, his young wife and his ship’s vibrant crew as they sail in search of the elusive, expensive and increasingly endangered Tasman Blimp.  

By turns visceral, absurd, beautiful and informative, the novel frankly explores colonisation, extinction, gender and class without losing sight of the characters and their stories. With an idiosyncratic cast of believable weirdos, The Final Voyage of Charles Le Corre is an incredibly original, impressive and immersive work of historical fiction.