The North Water: A Novel

The North Water: A Novel

The North Water is a great white shark of a book e swift terrifying relentless and unstoppable Michiko Kakutani The New York Times A fast paced gripping story set in a world of gruesome violence and perversity where why is not a question and murder happens on a whim but where a very faint ray of grace and hope lights up the landscape of salt and blood and ice A tour de force of narrative tension and a masterful reconstruction of a lost world that seems to exist at the limits of the human imagination Hilary Mantel eoeThis is a novel that takes us to the limits of flesh and blood Utterly convincing and compelling remorselessly vivid and insidiously witty The North Water is a startling achievement e Martin Amis A nineteenth century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark sharp and highly original tale that grips like a thriller Behold the man stinking drunk and brutal Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner an ex army surgeon with a shattered reputation no money and no better option than to sail as the ship s medic on this violent filthy and ill fated voyage In India during the Siege of Delhi Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which man can stoop He had hoped to find temporary respite on the Volunteer but rest proves impossible with Drax on board The discovery of something evil in the hold rouses Sumner to action And as the confrontation between the two men plays out amid the freezing darkness of an arctic winter the fateful question arises who will survive until spring With savage unstoppable momentum and the blackest wit Ian McGuire s The North Water weaves a superlative story of humanity under the most extreme conditions The North Water is a great white shark of a book swift terrifying relentless and unstoppable Mich
Country USA
Brand Henry Holt & Company
Manufacturer Henry Holt and Co.
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 42859491
ReleaseDate 2016-03-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781627795944

Country	USA
Brand	Henry Holt & Company
Manufacturer	Henry Holt and Co.
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	42859491
ReleaseDate	2016-03-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781627795944

The North Water: A Novel

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