Wayne Johnstonβs breakthrough epic novel **The Colony of Unrequited Dreams** was published in several countries and given high praise from the critics. It earned him nominations for the highest fiction prizes in Canada and was a national bestseller. His American editor said he hadnβt found such an e
The Navigator of New York
β Scribed by Wayne Johnston
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada;Vintage Canada
- Year
- 2003;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307375420
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β¦ Synopsis
Wayne Johnston's breakthrough epic novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams was published in several countries and given high praise from the critics. It earned him nominations for the highest fiction prizes in Canada and was a national bestseller. His American editor said he hadn't found such an exciting author since he discovered Don DeLillo. Johnston, who has been writing fiction for two decades, launched his next and sixth novel across the English-speaking world to great anticipation.
The Navigator of New York __ is set against the background of the tumultuous rivalry between Lieutenant Peary and Dr. Cook to get to the North Pole at the beginning of the 20th century. It is also the story of a young man's quest for his origins, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the bustling streets of New York, and the remotest regions of the Arctic.
Devlin Stead's father, an Arctic explorer, stops returning home at the end of his voyages and announces he is...
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