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One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year
National Bestseller
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller
Named a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, New Statesman, Publishers Weekly, and Chicago Public Library
Behold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to sail as the ship's medic on this violent, filthy, and ill-fated voyage.
In India, during the Siege of Delhi, Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which man can stoop. He had hoped to find temporary respite on the Volunteer, but rest proves impossible with Drax on board. The discovery of something evil in the hold rouses Sumner to action. And as the confrontation between the two men plays out amid the freezing darkness of an arctic winter, the fateful question arises: who will survive until spring?
With savage, unstoppable momentum and the blackest wit, Ian McGuire's The North Water weaves a superlative story of humanity under the most extreme conditions.
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Well, let me make this simple. If Ian McGuire was determined to outdo "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, he came close except, in this case, the ship goes into the horrors ("the horror! the horror") of the Arctic. It is an amazingly dark novel with the most vivid descriptions of characters (you would never want to ever meet) in place (would would never, never want to go.) It will become a classic!
I couldn't wait to read The North Water after reading the synopsis, which made it sound like a superlatively disturbing thriller bordering on horror. I was lucky enough to receive an Advance Review Copy through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program, and my reading experience left me with the impression that the novel had only been slightly over-hyped. Despite my unrealistically high expectations, I found the book to be a uniquely compelling read, which kept my mind entirely absorbed from start to finish so that I finished it in one sitting.
Author Ian McGuire distinguishes his story from the pack with distinctive stylistic choices as well as the inclusion of gruesome plot elements with the potential to shock and horrify the experienced thriller reader. I myself was not particularly shocked or horrified by these parts of the story. What kept me turning the pages was the sense of immediacy conveyed in the way the events were related. Two key features of McGuire's technique are his use of the present tense for exposition of the narrative and the inclusion of considerable dialogue. Although I would not call the effect cinematic, the novel would work well as a movie, I think.
In any case, I highly recommend this novel to readers seeking a quality thrill. Page-turners of this caliber -- both in terms of style and content -- are few and far between in my experience. Thank you for reading my ideas; I hope they prove somehow useful to some of you.
I have never read such a fast, vile, exhilarating and horrifying tale in the span of four and a half hours. If you can put this book down and not look forward to pick it back up the second you have a chance, you must rethink your self honesty about the human condition and how vulnerable we are to the evils around us.
This is the best blow by blow account off the day to day life on board a whale ship with all the dangers, filthy, dirty, a well exciting experiences. Also the single minded determination to survive and to recover and continue life with as much success and happiness as possible without surrendering to feeling s of helplessness and despair which would be easy but which will lead to death.
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