A Fitting Epitaph - Couverture souple

Decker, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798218347239

Editeur : Gate Five Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

A "marvelous, meditative, action-packed sailing adventure." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Editors Pick)

“A Fitting Epitaph is a classic tale told with a modernist’s insight and edge. A journey into the granular lives of down-on-their luck fishermen, Michael Decker’s prose is lyrical and tender but also savage and authentic, possessing a true grasp of the nautical world and all its sleights of hand. This unique novella breathes salty air and reeks of brine, whiskey, and heartbreak. Take the ride.” - Chad Byrnes, Critic for The Village Voice and LA Weekly

Bill is out of options. Unemployed, alone and returning to the raucous seas of Northern California, the only home he knows, he takes a loan out at the bank and pours his last cent into his final chance for redemption: a tired old boat without a name.

After encountering his old friend Ike, an antiquated, blistering sailor with a penchant for cigarettes, whiskey and danger, and Tom, an eager neophyte with the edge to match them both, they concoct a plan to make them whole. Taking their chances on the newly christened Skate, the three unlikely souls embark on a risky expedition into Baja, Mexico to fish for albacore.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mike Decker was born in Moline, Illinois at the beginning of World War II. A Fitting Epitaph is a work of fiction, but it is based on his father-in-law William Davies' years as a party boat captain and commercial fisherman, and the time Mike spent in the 1960s as a deck hand on Bill's second boat, "The My Three". Mike currently lives in California in the Sierra Nevada, with his wife Joyce, to whom all his work is dedicated.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gate Five Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798218347239
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 127
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