"It's brilliant; I loved every page of it. It has a lovely lightness, the words and characters, and it manages always to be funny and real."
--Roddy Doyle
From one of Canada's beloved fiction writers comes a tale of love and loss, guilt and forgiveness -- and finding redemption in the eye of a hurricane.
Few people seek out the tiny Caribbean island of Dampier Cay. Visitors usually wash up there by accident, rather than by design. But this weekend, three people will fly to the island deliberately. They are not coming for a tan or fun in the sun. They are coming because Dampier Cay is where it is, and they have reason to believe that they might encounter something there that most people take great measures to avoid -- a hurricane. A lottery windfall and a few hours of selfishness have robbed Caldwell of all that was precious to him, while Beverly, haunted by tragedy and screwed by fate since birth, has given up on life. Also on the flight is Jimmy Newton, a professional storm chaser and videographer who will do anything for the perfect shot. Waiting for them at Dampier is the manager of the Water's Edge Hotel, "Bonefish" Maywell Hope, who arrived at Dampier by the purest accident of all -- the accident of birth. A descendent of the pirates who sailed the Caribbean hundreds of years ago, Hope believes if he works hard enough, he can prevent the inevitable. Until, that is, the seas begin to rise . . . Cinematic and harrowing, spiced with Quarrington's trademark humour, Galveston shows just how far people will go to feel alive."Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
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Librería: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. Condición: UNSPECIFIED. pp. 247. 8vo. Very light marker slash to bottom edge, lightest shelfwear; very good+. Nº de ref. del artículo: 053358
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Librería: Samson Books, Trenton, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Some edge wear and marking; 2005 birthday inscription - in blue ink - on fly title. Copyright 2004 Fizzy Dreams Inc.; Vintage Canada Edition, 2005. Nº de ref. del artículo: 22120506
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Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Librería: Harry Righton, Evesham, Reino Unido
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Librería: Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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