{"product_id":"9781448214303","title":"Gallions Reach","description":"\u003ci\u003eGallions Reach\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an East End shipping clerk, Jim Colet, who, in a moment of rebellion against the tyranny of dull work and a bullying employer, causes his boss's death with an unlucky blow. He escapes to sea, without any clear intention of doing so, and becomes purser on the Altair, a steamer making her way across the Indian Ocean. The Altair goes down in a tropical storm; the crew are rescued by a liner, and Colet meets a prospector who takes him on an expedition into the depths of the Malay jungle. H. M. Tomlinson subtitled his novel 'A romance', and it is in a sense a romantic version of his own life; but what makes it a classic is his marvellous power of description, and his extraordinary command of what J. B. Priestley called 'a magnificent and idiomatic prose style, as individual as a voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomlinson is one of the very small company of writers who have created classics out of their travels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallions Reach\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1927.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124017873136,"sku":"9781448214303","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448214303_p0.jpg?v=1763827560","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448214303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}