When Captain Flint was Still a Good Man
de Nick Dybek
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 1594488096
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488092
- Librería
-
Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Every fall, the men of Loyalty Island leave the Olympic Peninsula for the Bering Sea, to spend the winter catching king crab. Their dangerous occupation keeps food on the table but threatens to leave empty seats around it.
To Cal, Alaska remains as mythical and mysterious as Treasure Island, and the stories his father returns with are as mesmerizing as those he once invented about Captain Flint before he turned pirate. But while Cal is too young to accompany his father, he is old enough to know that everything depends on the fate of those few boats thousands of miles north. He is also old enough to feel the tension between his parent's over whether he will follow in his father's footsteps, and to wonder about his mother's relationship with John Gaunt, owner of the fleet.
Then Gaunt dies suddenly, leaving the business in the hands of his son, who seems intent on selling away the fishermen's livelihood. Soon Cal stumbles on evidence that his father may have taken extreme measures to salvage their way of life. As winter comes on, his suspicions deepening and his moral compass shattered, he is forced to make a terrible choice.
Sinopsis
A “powerful first novel” about “loyalty and moral choice within a crumbling family” ( The Boston Globe ). Every fall, the men of Loyalty Island—like their fathers and grandfathers before them—still sail from the Olympic Peninsula up to the Bering Sea to spend the winter catching king crab. Their dangerous occupation keeps food on the table but constantly threatens to leave empty seats around it. To Cal, Alaska remains as mythical and mysterious as Treasure Island, and the stories his father returns with are as mesmerizing as those he once invented about Captain Flint before he turned pirate. But while Cal is too young to accompany his father, he is old enough to know that everything depends on the fate of those few boats thousands of miles to the north. He is also old enough to feel the tension between his parents over whether he will follow in his father’s footsteps. And old enough to wonder about his mother’s relationship with John Gaunt, owner of the fleet. Then Gaunt dies suddenly, leaving the business in the hands of his son, who seems intent on selling away the fishermen’s livelihood. Soon Cal stumbles on evidence that his father may have taken extreme measures to salvage their way of life. As winter comes on, his suspicions deepening and his moral compass shattered, he is forced to make a terrible choice.
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Detalles
- Librería
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- DASHbooks520
- Título
- When Captain Flint was Still a Good Man
- Autor
- Nick Dybek
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1594488096
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488092
- Editorial
- Penguin Group
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2012
- Palabras clave
- nick dybek, when captain flint was still a good man, mystery novel, loyalty, island, olympic, winter, pirate, john gaunt, fleet,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mystery; Novel;
Términos de venta
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