Amid the gangland wars of Prohibition, one fisherman’s long-shot play to secure his family’s future brings disaster to everyone he loves.
Based partly on family lore, Matt Riordan’s follow-up to The North Line is for readers of Jeannette Wall’s Hang the Moon and S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed.
*** Recipient of the Prix Gens de Mer (Mariner's Prize) ***
A college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fishing boat in the unforgiving Bering Sea; little did he realize the dark-hearted exploration he was enjoining.
“The North Line is a ruggedly erudite story that combines the best of the individualism of Jack London with the introspective ruminations of Raymond Carver.”
—S.A. Cosby New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed
“A frightening story of tough men pushed to the brink... I couldn’t put it down.”
—David Sedaris