LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 ‘A tour de force’ Hilary Mantel‘Riveting and darkly brilliant’ Colm ToibinA ship sets sail with a killer on-board . . .
1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having
left the services, his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little
option but to accept the position of ship's surgeon on this ill-fated
voyage. But when, deep into the journey, a boy is discovered
brutally killed, Sumner finds himself becoming a reluctant detective.
Soon he will face an evil even greater than that he had encountered at
the siege of Delhi, in the shape of Henry Drax: harpooner, murderer,
monster. As the true purpose of the ship’s expedition becomes clear
and despair descends upon the crew, the confrontation between Sumner and
Drax will play out in the terrible darkness of the Arctic winter . . .
Book Detail
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster USA
- Publication Date
- 30/11/-0001
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Binding
- Paper Back
- ISBN
- 9781471151255
- Category
-
Fiction
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