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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Early one morning a plane crashes into the water and Bobby Western, a salvage diver, is part of a team that is called in to investigate the accident. There a nine passengers but the black box and a tenth passenger are missing. What starts with an intriguing opening gambit teasing the reader that this maybe a thriller noir in the style of No Country…quickly becomes a study of grief, sorrow and regret. Haunted by the suicide of his sister and the ghost of his father, who helped develop the atom bomb, McCarthy’s new novel dives and swirls through a menagerie of ghosts and memories littered with his unforgettable dialogue and souls searching characters. A must read but a challenging one. Mid December see’s the release of the accompanying novel Stella Maris $34.99 Greg
It’s 3am when Bobby Western zips up his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes vacant. Missing are the pilot’s flight bag, the plane’s black box and the tenth passenger.
The novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men - the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Early one morning a plane crashes into the water and Bobby Western, a salvage diver, is part of a team that is called in to investigate the accident. There a nine passengers but the black box and a tenth passenger are missing. What starts with an intriguing opening gambit teasing the reader that this maybe a thriller noir in the style of No Country…quickly becomes a study of grief, sorrow and regret. Haunted by the suicide of his sister and the ghost of his father, who helped develop the atom bomb, McCarthy’s new novel dives and swirls through a menagerie of ghosts and memories littered with his unforgettable dialogue and souls searching characters. A must read but a challenging one. Mid December see’s the release of the accompanying novel Stella Maris $34.99 Greg
An appealing piece of work . . . gripping, with plenty of reflection and evocation * The Daily Telegraph * The Passenger is like a submerged ship itself; a gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song . . . It’s rich and it’s strange, mercurial and melancholic * The Guardian * A moving and characteristically disconcerting addition to the oeuvre of one of America’s greatest writers * The Irish Times * Critics have detected the influence on him of Faulkner and Hemingway, but this is to understate his achievement. The Passenger shows that McCarthy belongs in the company of Melville and Dostoevsky, writers the world will never cease to need * New Statesman * [A] gripping story, written in McCarthy’s trademark acerbic style * i newspaper * Kafka on the bayou * Observer *
