The abstainer
- 368pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester
Ian McGuire si immerge in temi oscuri e spesso brutali, esplorando le profondità della psicologia umana e il suo rapporto con un mondo aspro. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da una potenza grezza e da descrizioni precise sia dell'ambientazione che dei personaggi, che spesso vacillano sull'orlo della disperazione. Il lavoro di McGuire attira i lettori in narrazioni avvincenti con sfumature filosofiche, rivelando le complessità della moralità e della sopravvivenza. La sua scrittura è matura e stimolante, lasciando un'impressione forte e duratura.




From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester
A 19th-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp and highly original tale that grips like a thriller. Behold the man: stinking, drunk, brutal and bloodthirsty, Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaling ship bound for the hunting waters of the Arctic Circle. Also aboard is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money and no better option than to embark as ship's medic on this ill-fated voyage. In India during the Siege of Delhi, Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which a man can stoop and imagined he'd find respite on the Volunteer, but now, trapped in the wooden belly of the ship with Drax, he encounters pure evil and is forced to act. As the true purposes of the expedition become clear, the confrontation between the two men plays out in the freezing darkness of an Arctic winter
Eine haarsträubende Tour de Force durch den Kosmos einer englischen Universität Morris Gutman ist frustriert. Seine Stelle an der Universität von Coketown ist wieder einmal nur befristet, seine Frau ist chronisch schlecht gelaunt, und sein Dissertationsthema leider völlig außer Mode. Deshalb hat Morris auch nur geringe Chancen, als er sich auf eine Planstelle bewirbt, zumal die sexbesessene Zoe, Mitglied des Berufungsausschusses, ihn völlig ignoriert. Als er jedoch den smarten Gaststudenten und Liebling von Zoe eines Abends auf dem Uniparkplatz versehentlich überfährt, kommt ihm eine perfide Idee ? Witzig und turbulent. Ein Feuerwerk schwarzen Humors!