Author

Publication

1994 - Anchor Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,750 words, Guess

Page Count

227 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number93046786
  • Better World Books9780385425681
  • Open LibraryOL1434852M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3568.I313 F57 1994
  • LCCPS3568.I313F57 1994

Description

Fishboy is a throw-away boy, a boy abandoned and reborn in a swamp by the side of a road, who, fleeing the consequences of a murder he believes he has committed, jumps a trawler manned by a crew of renegades. On a voyage replete with ghosts, sea creatures, and the constant threat of dissolution, Fishboy yearns to expiate his guilt by serving his violent shipmates: the captain, a giant called John whose entire body is a cartographical tattoo; the repulsive but wise steersman Mr. Watt, the man turned inside out; the homicidal, knife-wielding Lonny; the boil-plagued cook, haunted by his armless brother.

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  • FishboyAnchor Books1994

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