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Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The north water, ian mcguires savage new novel about a 19thcentury arctic whaling expedition, is a great white shark of a bookswift, terrifying, relentless. Ron rash, new york times bestselling author of serena and above the waterfall. Mcguire s focus of study and field of interest is american realist literature which is defined as. The north water by ian mcguire goodreads share book. Mar 14, 2017 the north water feels like the result of an encounter between joseph conrad and cormac mccarthy in some rundown port as they offer each other a long, sour nod of recognition. This worthy addition to maritime fiction genre has big ideas and a compelling story, writes paraic odonnell. Buy the north water by ian mcguire from waterstones today. Crews of these whaling ships were motley and included social misfits, mental defectives, criminals, and men trying to escape their land lives as well as those seeking their fortune in whale blubber. Ian grew up in east yorkshire, and studied at the university of manchester in england and the university of virginia in the united states. Ian mcguire s the north water is a historical novel about adventure on a whaling trip set in 1859.
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