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The North Water

The North Water

by Ian McGuire
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2017

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A ship sets sail with a killer on board...

1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with 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 cabin boy is discovered brutally killed, Sumner finds himself forced to act. Soon he will face an evil even greater than he had encountered at the siege of Delhi, in the shape of Henry Drax: harpooner, murderer, monster...

ISBN:
9781471151262
9781471151262
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scribner
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
198x130x25mm

"A stunning novel that snares the reader from the outset and keeps the tightest grip until its bitter end"
Financial Times

"A novel that takes us to the limits of flesh and blood. Utterly convincing and compelling, remorselessly vivid and insidiously witty."
Martin Amis

"Horrifically gripping"
Independent on Sunday 

"Full of twists, turns, period detail and strong characters"
The Times

"The North Water has exceptional power and energy"
Sunday Times

Ian McGuire

Ian McGuire grew up near Hull and studied at the University of Manchester and the University of Virginia, USA.

He is a founder and co-director of the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing.

His stories have been published in the Chicago Review, Paris Review and elsewhere.

He is the author of Incredible Bodies (2006) and, most recently, the acclaimed The North Water.

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