When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man
Autor Nick Dybeken Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 aug 2013
When the fleet's owner dies, not only is the town's livelihood threatened, but so too is Cal's family. With winter fast approaching, and the fleet on the brink of extinction, Cal starts to suspect that his parents both have secrets to hide. Plagued by doubt, his loyalties strained and his moral compass thrown wildly off course, Cal is forced to make a brave and terrible choice.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472106575
ISBN-10: 1472106571
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 131 x 197 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Corsair
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472106571
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 131 x 197 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Corsair
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Dybek brings serious talent to bear... [The novel] finishes on a powerful note of moral murkiness... Evocative.
Finely crafted . . . a taut novel juggling the sometimes conflicting impulses to do the moral thing, and to protect those we love
Dybek has a gift for the atmospheric.
An engrossing and exacting moral thriller.
A thrilling yarn, delivered as if by a scarred man by the consoling light of a fire.
An authentic, atmospheric, coming-of-age story with a painful dilemma . . . A terrific debut.
[An] engrossing, often haunting thriller.
Dybek has created a superbly orchestrated and soulful drama of loyalty to family and an imperiled way of life and the fathomless forces that make a good man go bad.
A book to watch.
Complex and suspenseful . . . A genuine tragedy-powerful, mythic, unforgettable.
This is a book about transitions, and revelations, and the thin line between acting out of fear, and out of out of a sense of morality . . . Dybek is a clean and stripped-down stylist, striking a delicate balance between ambiguity and life-changing clarity.
'An authentic, atmospheric coming-of-age story with a painful dilemma. A terrific debut.' C. J. Box
The fishing community of Loyalty Island depends on the Gaunt family's fleet for survival. Each winter since he can remember, fourteen-year-old Cal has waved goodbye to his father. A ship's captain, he sets sail for Alaska to trawl for king crab, leaving Cal and his mother behind to await his return from the wilderness thousands of miles north.
But with winter fast approaching, danger creeps closer to home. The owner of the fleet dies, leaving the family business to his son - who seems intent on selling up. With the fishermen's livelihood under threat, an unwitting discovery leads Cal to suspect his parents harbour damaging secrets - how far would his father go to save the fleet from extinction? And what was the true nature of his mother's relationship with Mr Gaunt? His loyalties strained to breaking point, Cal is faced with a devastating moral dilemma - and a terrible choice . . .
When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man hauntingly charts the troubled waters of a community at risk, a family in turmoil, and a young boy becoming a man.
'Dybek brings serious talent to bear.' New York Times
'Finely crafted . . . a taut novel juggling the sometimes conflicting impulses to do the moral thing, and to protect those we love.' Los Angeles Times
£8.99
[ISBN barcode: 978-1-4721-0657-5]
www.constablerobinson.com
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Finely crafted . . . a taut novel juggling the sometimes conflicting impulses to do the moral thing, and to protect those we love
Dybek has a gift for the atmospheric.
An engrossing and exacting moral thriller.
A thrilling yarn, delivered as if by a scarred man by the consoling light of a fire.
An authentic, atmospheric, coming-of-age story with a painful dilemma . . . A terrific debut.
[An] engrossing, often haunting thriller.
Dybek has created a superbly orchestrated and soulful drama of loyalty to family and an imperiled way of life and the fathomless forces that make a good man go bad.
A book to watch.
Complex and suspenseful . . . A genuine tragedy-powerful, mythic, unforgettable.
This is a book about transitions, and revelations, and the thin line between acting out of fear, and out of out of a sense of morality . . . Dybek is a clean and stripped-down stylist, striking a delicate balance between ambiguity and life-changing clarity.
'An authentic, atmospheric coming-of-age story with a painful dilemma. A terrific debut.' C. J. Box
The fishing community of Loyalty Island depends on the Gaunt family's fleet for survival. Each winter since he can remember, fourteen-year-old Cal has waved goodbye to his father. A ship's captain, he sets sail for Alaska to trawl for king crab, leaving Cal and his mother behind to await his return from the wilderness thousands of miles north.
But with winter fast approaching, danger creeps closer to home. The owner of the fleet dies, leaving the family business to his son - who seems intent on selling up. With the fishermen's livelihood under threat, an unwitting discovery leads Cal to suspect his parents harbour damaging secrets - how far would his father go to save the fleet from extinction? And what was the true nature of his mother's relationship with Mr Gaunt? His loyalties strained to breaking point, Cal is faced with a devastating moral dilemma - and a terrible choice . . .
When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man hauntingly charts the troubled waters of a community at risk, a family in turmoil, and a young boy becoming a man.
'Dybek brings serious talent to bear.' New York Times
'Finely crafted . . . a taut novel juggling the sometimes conflicting impulses to do the moral thing, and to protect those we love.' Los Angeles Times
£8.99
[ISBN barcode: 978-1-4721-0657-5]
www.constablerobinson.com
[Corsair logo]
Notă biografică
Nick Dybek is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.He is the recipient of a Hopwood Award for Short Fiction, a Maytag Fellowship, and a 2010 Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award. He lives in New York City