Lodestar by Peter Nichols
The Depression has hit New York hard. Disgraced seaman, Will Boden, is barely scraping by on the waterfront when he finds himself lured into the slippery world of industrial tycoon and big-game hunter Carl Schenk by the promise of a return to the sea. Against all his instincts about men and ships, Boden joins the luckless crew of misfits aboard The Lodestar, a woefully ill-suited luxury yacht bound for a safari cruise to the High Arctic. Across unforgiving polar seas and the savage tundra, the battle of wills between Boden and his master widens into a series of disasters that propels them and the ship's crew to tragedy.
'Nichols's gripping novel combines powerful psychological drama with an impressive sense of periodIt also has a moral dimension - not to mention nautical flavour - worthy of Conrad.' Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday 'A fiercely eventful novel... Combines a powerful sense of elemental place with a keen awareness of the elemental human flaws.' The New York Times. 'With his lean but telling style, he is as convincing on seafaring, navigation and weather, as Hemingway on big game hunting or bull fighting ... This is an utterly gripping read, a tale that says a great deal about the mystique of men and the sea even as it entertains.' Publishers Weekly 'A gripping novel of bloodlust, human folly and desperate hope in the tradition of Melville, Conrad and Jack London.' Literary Journal (starred review).
Peter Nichols has been a professional sailor, a yachtie, and a Hollywood scriptwriter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861976765 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861976763 |
| Title | Lodestar |
| Author | Peter Nichols |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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