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Signals of Distress
Signals of Distress
Author: Jim Crace
November, 1836. A fierce gale beaches an American steamer off the English coast, injuring an African slave below decks and eventually disgorging 300 head of cattle and an innful of rowdy American sailors into a hardscrabble fishing village. The same storm drives into port a ship from London, bearing one Aymer Smith, the foolish well-intentioned ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140276107
ISBN-10: 0140276106
Publication Date: 11/26/1998
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Fun, quick and well-written read.
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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 Wherrytown and the American sailors.