It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates a sunken jet,nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the plane's black box,and the tenth passenger. But how
A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm,Western is shadowed in body and spirit - by men with badges; by the ghost of his father,inventor of the atom bomb; and by his sister,the love and ruin of his soul.
From the bar rooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast,The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science,the legacy of sin,and the madness that is human consciousness,and one of the final works by a true American master.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9780330457439Number of pages: 432Weight: 310 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 32 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An appealing piece of work...gripping,with plenty of reflection and evocation.'- The Daily Telegraph
'The Passenger is like a submerged ship itself; a gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller...What a glorious sunset song...It's rich and it's strange,mercurial and melancholic.'- The Guardian
Cormac McCarthy
Best known for his multi-award-winning masterpiece The Road,Cormac McCarthy was a highly acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter,whose other bestselling works include Blood Meridian,The Border Trilogy,and No Country for Old Men.
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