{"product_id":"9780692757611","title":"Desperate Voyage: Donald Crowhurst, The London Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and the Tragedy of Teignmouth Electron","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow filmed as \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e starring Colin Firth \u0026amp; Rachel Weisz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWindcheck Magazine (Nov\/Dec 2016):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbsorbing and insightful ... utterly unforgettable.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePractical Sailor (Jan 2017):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdds a new depth of storytelling to a tale of madness that many sailors are familiar with.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoints East Magazine (July 2017):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrowhurst made his own bed, and unfortunately he lay in it, too. He flew too close to the sun, and his story done right, as it is in\u003c\/i\u003e Desperate Voyage\u003ci\u003e, never grows old.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise from Steven Callahan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAdrift\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e Desperate Voyage\u003ci\u003e provides readers precious insights through concentration on the backstory and how Crowhurst's basic personality drove him inexorably towards disaster, and like a dangerous vortex, dragged his family, friends, and supporters into his sphere. ... Simply fascinating.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore Praise:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEd Renehan's \u003c\/i\u003eDesperate Voyage\u003ci\u003e, the retelling of Donald Crowhurst's tragic voyage during the 1968\/69 Golden Globe Race, is a finely honed account of what has become offshore sailing's most enduring story. Drawing on an array of sources, Renehan's Crowhurst is Shakespearean: narcissistic and reviled but also sympathetic, a flawed human consumed by ambition. Although I've known this story forever, Renehan's fresh, haunting narrative had me hoping for a new ending, a better outcome this time around. Alas, it's not to be. You just keep reading until it breaks your heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e - John Kretschmer,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eSailing a Serious Ocean, At the Mercy of the Sea, Flirting With Mermaids,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCape Horn to Starboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Renehan's \u003c\/i\u003eDesperate Voyage\u003ci\u003e is incisive, haunting, and absorbing. For those, like me, initially unfamiliar with this great sea drama, it is a perfect introduction to the story of Donald Crowhurst and the Golden Globe Race of 1968. Crowhurst is flawed and complicated, a tragic and captivating figure, and Renehan's retelling, Shakespearean in scope, is wonderfully crafted and endlessly fascinating.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- William Boyle,\u003c\/b\u003e author of the critically-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eGravesend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath Don't Have No Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a dismal day at the end of October, 1968, a weekend sailor by the name of Donald Crowhurst set out from England in a flimsy trimaran, hoping to win the London \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Golden Globe\" race and become the first solo sailor to circumnavigate the world nonstop. His was an exercise in over-arching ambition, delusion, and tragedy such as the world has seldom known. Before it was over, the world media would be subject to a fraud of enormous proportions, and Crowhurst would die a madman in the middle of the Atlantic. What he left behind was a shattered boat, a shattered family, and this incredible story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes exclusive photos by Eric Loss.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther illustrations by Tricia Highsmith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Street Communications, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49784884592880,"sku":"9780692757611","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692757611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}