Jeffrey Ford 
Ahab’s Return [EPUB ebook] 
or, The Last Voyage

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Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen. Jonathan Carroll A bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melvilles Moby-Dickfrom the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of The Girl in the Glass and The Shadow Year.At the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel Moby-Dick, his former shipmate, Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the oceans depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harmafter hearing about Ahabs demise, his wife and child left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.Ahabs pursuit leads him to The Gorgons Mirror, the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated Pequod. In the penny presss office, Ahab meets George Harrow, who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigationlike Ahabs own storywill take unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns.Told with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, Ahabs Return charts an inventive and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature, and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 288 ● ISBN 9780062679031 ● Editora HarperCollins ● Publicado 2018 ● Carregável 3 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 6455821 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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