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The Coming Of The Whirlpool (2011)

by Andrew McGahan(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1742376479 (ISBN13: 9781742376479)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Allen & Unwin

series

Ship Kings

review 1: Similar to Rangers Apprentice, this looks like it is going tone an epic tale. The story is about Dow Amber and how he has a love for the sea even though he was born in the woods of the Highlands. We discover he is a great, great, great grandson of Admiral Honous Tombs, the last great sea captain of New Island. In the first book of the series we find out how Dow ends up going to sea and the adventurers he has along the way.
review 2: McGahan's 'genre hopping' writing is not, in his view, deliberate, rather based on his "vague collection of interests at the time, followed by a crystalising moment where the novel takes shape" - more a feeling about the story than an actual plot. For example, his brilliant novel - Wonders of a Godless World - was triggered by a re-... morereading of Russell Hoban's 'Ridley Walker', inspiring him to create a world with its own logic and language. 'Ship Kings' too has its origins in other books, written by Tolkien and Thomas Covenant. Thankfully Andrew McGahan is adventurous and brave enough to 'genre hop', unearthing new skills in his already extensive repertoire. less

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