The Plover

"A compelling, marvelous novel by the acclaimed author of Mink River Declan O Donnell has left Oregon aboard his boat, the Plover, to escape the life that's so troubled him on land. He sets course west into the Pacific in search of solitude. Instead, he finds a crew, each in search of something them...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-2017 May 27 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Edition:First Picador edition.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:"A compelling, marvelous novel by the acclaimed author of Mink River Declan O Donnell has left Oregon aboard his boat, the Plover, to escape the life that's so troubled him on land. He sets course west into the Pacific in search of solitude. Instead, he finds a crew, each in search of something themselves, and what at first seems a lonely sea voyage becomes a rapturous, heartfelt celebration of life's surprising paths, planned and unplanned"--
Item Description:Includes discussion questions and an excerpt from Martin Marten.
"A Thomas Dunne book."
Physical Description:311, 18 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 21 cm
ISBN:9781250062451
1250062454
Author Notes:Brian James Patrick Doyle was born in New York on November 6, 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Notre Dame 1978. He worked for several magazines including U.S. Catholic, Boston College Magazine, and Portland Magazine, which he was editor of from 1991 until his death. His books included Mink River, Martin Marten, Bin Laden's Bald Spot, Children and Other Wild Animals, Prayer for Cashiers and Checkout-Counter Folks, and The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson. He died Saturday from complications related to a brain tumor on May 27, 2017 at the age of 60.

(Bowker Author Biography)