'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
You 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
| ISBN: | 9780008647506 |
| Publication date: | 16th January 2025 |
| Author: | Robert Lautner |
| Publisher: | The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 279 pages |
| Genres: |
Sea stories Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages War, combat and military adventure fiction Historical Fiction |
'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 YOUNGBefore 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
Quint features in the following genres: Sea stories, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical Fiction
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Quint was written by Robert Lautner and published by The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Quint has 279 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.