Far Tortuga
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Far Tortuga by Peter Matthiessen
An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself. Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them. --NewsweekPeter Cunningham was born and raised in Waterford, the place that inspired Monument, the town in Love in One Edition. The Sea and the Silence (Gemma 2010), Consequences of the Heart (Gemma 2011), and Tapes of the River Delta (Gemma 2012) are his previous Monument novels. He has written a number of thrillers, both under his own name and under pseudonyms, as well as the books Who Trespass Against Us (London, 1993), Taoiseach (London, 2004), and Capital Sins (Dublin, 2010) in the UK and Ireland. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters, Aosdana.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394756677 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394756673 |
| Title | Far Tortuga |
| Author | Peter Matthiessen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1988-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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