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Debatable Land

Debatable Land

by Candia McWilliam

 eBook, Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC   (15 August 2011)

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i> are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a destructive, failed relationship; Logan Urquhart, the restless skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth, who fears Logan is slipping away from her; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men.



As the ship sails from island to island, the inner dramas of these six disparate individuals spill over into their relationships with one another. But when a storm arrives, they are wrenched from the personal and forced to face the present danger.
i> is a story of memory, childhood and longing. On board Ardent Spirit<
Set on a sailing boat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand, Debatable Land< 'Full of startling insight ... just the sort of companion one would want to take on a long journey' Justine Picardie, Independent on Sunday 'McWilliam is an astonishing wordmaster who time and again dazzles the reader' Penelope Fitzgerald, Times Literary Supplement 'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' Guardian 'By far the most enjoyable novel I have read this year' Spectator i> are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a destructive, failed relationship; Logan Urquhart, the restless skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth, who fears Logan is slipping away from her; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men.



As the ship sails from island to island, the inner dramas of these six disparate individuals spill over into their relationships with one another. But when a storm arrives, they are wrenched from the personal and forced to face the present danger.
i> is a story of memory, childhood and longing. On board Ardent Spirit<
Set on a sailing boat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand, Debatable Land<

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