Flotsam and Jetsam is the first novel by C.J. Cairns. It draws heavily upon his time spent living on the Victorian coast. Now domiciled in Lorne, he enjoys the status of pater familias of an ethnically and geographically diverse family. His greatest critic and supporter is his long-term partner, Janet.
Phil Wilson is an ageing saxophone player who washed up in the Ocean Breeze caravan park, like flotsam left on the beach after a storm. Even for those somewhat on the margins of the good society, life can be pleasant. Phil and his fellow caravan park renters thought so.But life throws a series of cu...