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'Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction' GILES COREN, THE TIMES
'Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny' EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER
'Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century's first great 20th-century American novels' LOUISA YOUNG
Before there was Jaws, there was... QUINTYou already know the end of his story: now find out where it all began.
Quint: the taciturn and grizzled sea captain who survived the shark-ridden sinking of the USS Indianapolis,only to meet his maker in the maw of a Great White at the end of JAWS. So much more than a fisherman - a survivor, a fighter, a man who has left three wives in his wake.
In this vivid and utterly compelling masterpiece, Robert Lautner reimagines the life of a truly iconic character.
'Excellent... a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence' THE TIMES, Best Summer Reads
'If Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea was doused in whiskey and strained through the gills of a tiger shark, it would not sound dissimilar... one of this year's literary miracles' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction' GILES COREN, THE TIMES
'Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny' EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER
'Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century's first great 20th-century American novels' LOUISA YOUNG
Before there was Jaws, there was... QUINTYou already know the end of his story: now find out where it all began.
Quint: the taciturn and grizzled sea captain who survived the shark-ridden sinking of the USS Indianapolis,only to meet his maker in the maw of a Great White at the end of JAWS. So much more than a fisherman - a survivor, a fighter, a man who has left three wives in his wake.
In this vivid and utterly compelling masterpiece, Robert Lautner reimagines the life of a truly iconic character.
'Excellent... a profound portrait of a life dislocated by war and violence' THE TIMES, Best Summer Reads
'If Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea was doused in whiskey and strained through the gills of a tiger shark, it would not sound dissimilar... one of this year's literary miracles' IRISH INDEPENDENT
ROBERT LAUTNER was born in Middlesex in 1970. Before becoming a writer he owned his own comic-book store, worked as a wine merchant, photographic consultant and recruitment consultant. He now lives on the Pembrokeshire coast in a wooden cabin with his wife and children. He is the author of The Road to Reckoning, which was a Simon Mayo Book Club choice, and The Draughtsman, which was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Quint is his third novel.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 288 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780008647506 |
| ISBN-10: | 000864750X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Lautner, Robert |
| Hersteller: |
Harper Collins Publ. UK
The Borough Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 19 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Robert Lautner |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.01.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,208 kg |