Signals of Distress

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• Signals of Distress

  Signals of Distress Jim Crace Picador Paperback 288 pages January 2005 One ship lands and another flounders offshore. Their fates are entwined, the passengers of the ships and those waiting on the English coast for the storm to abate. There is only o ... (read full critics)

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  This was a poignant and thoughtful book. Aymer Smith reminded me a little of Eugene Henderson in Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King. Both characters try so hard to do the right thing, and often their efforts make things worse. I liked the interactions between Aymer Smith and the townspeople of Wh ... (continue)

  This was a poignant and thoughtful book. Aymer Smith reminded me a little of Eugene Henderson in Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King. Both characters try so hard to do the right thing, and often their efforts make things worse. I liked the interactions between Aymer Smith and the townspeople of Wherrytown and the American sailors.

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0140239715
• ISBN-13: 9780140239713
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Pub date: Jul 06, 1995
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook

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