An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.
"Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them." —Newsweek
- ISBN10 000271020X
- ISBN13 9780002710206
- Publish Date 3 April 1989 (first published 1 January 1975)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint The Harvill Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English