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The North Water

Von: Ian McGuire
Gesprochen von: John Keating
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A 19th-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, brutal and bloodthirsty, Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaling ship bound for the hunting waters of the Arctic Circle. Also aboard is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to embark as ship's medic on this ill-fated voyage.

In India during the Siege of Delhi, Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which a man can stoop and imagined he'd find respite on the Volunteer, but now, trapped in the wooden belly of the ship with Drax, he encounters pure evil and is forced to act. As the true purposes of the expedition become clear, the confrontation between the two men plays out in the freezing darkness of an Arctic winter.

©2016 Ian McGuire (P)2016 Simon & Schuster Abenteuer auf See Belletristik Historische Thriller Thriller

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"Fast-paced, gripping. A tour de force of narrative tension and a masterful reconstruction of a lost world." (Hilary Mantel)
"Utterly convincing and compelling, remorselessly vivid and insidiously witty. A startling achievement." (Martin Amis)
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Whaling is a hard business - for hard men - a hard life in harsh conditions. This book takes an unflinching look at one crew from the north of England - and their voyage to the arctic. This book is not for the faint-hearted. It's full of blood and gore, and rape and murder, of secrets and lies, It's relentless and ruthless, and it draws you in and spits you out and leaves you sea-sick and glad that it is over - even though it is not a happy-ending - not by a long-shot! The narration was excellent - and at times I looked around when walking to make sure no polar bear can sneak up on me - it was that vivid. If you liked Moby Dick - be warned - this is not a noble fight of man against beast. At best it is noble beast against the vileness of mankind - and at times that is pretty vile indeed. Some cringeworthy rascism on display against the native Innuit - nothing here gets sugar-coated. But that hard reality makes it so damn difficult to put those images away!

A story like a gut-punch!

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I wish I could read it forever I’m searching for Similar books now. I’m so sad I finished it

Fckn amazing

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