{"product_id":"9781427267917","title":"The North Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"John Keating is the perfect narrator for this story...It is by itself a compelling tale; Keating's performance gives it another dimension and makes it riveting.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/i\u003e...is a great white shark of a book — swift, terrifying, relentless and unstoppable.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani,\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Riveting and darkly brilliant….\u003ci\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/i\u003e feels like the result of an encounter between Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy in some run-down port as they offer each other a long, sour nod of recognition.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eColm Toibin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] audacious work of historical suspense fiction...It's the poetic precision of McGuire's harsh vision of the past that makes his novel such a standout...absolutely transporting.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMaureen Corrigan, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nineteenth-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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the \u003ci\u003eVolunteer\u003c\/i\u003e, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to sail as the ship's medic on this violent, filthy, and ill-fated voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn India, during the Siege of Delhi, Sumner thought he had experienced the depths to which man can stoop. He had hoped to find temporary respite on the \u003ci\u003eVolunteer\u003c\/i\u003e, but rest proves impossible with Drax on board. The discovery of something evil in the hold rouses Sumner to action. And as the confrontation between the two men plays out amid the freezing darkness of an arctic winter, the fateful question arises: who will survive until spring? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith savage, unstoppable momentum and the blackest wit, Ian McGuire's \u003ci\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a superlative story of humanity under the most extreme conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027042222320,"sku":"9781427267917","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427267917_p0.jpg?v=1763750236","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427267917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}