The Passenger
The Passenger
- Author/Seller
- Cormac McCarthy
- SKU:
- 9780330457422
$45.00
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the
morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit
and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight
illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their
seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from
the crash site are the pilot’s flightbag, the plane’s black box,
and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to
machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is
shadowed in body and spirit – by men with badges; by the
ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass
and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of
his soul.
Traversing the American South, from the garrulous bar rooms
of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast,
The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and
science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human
consciousness.
The novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men – the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.
morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit
and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight
illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their
seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from
the crash site are the pilot’s flightbag, the plane’s black box,
and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to
machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is
shadowed in body and spirit – by men with badges; by the
ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass
and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of
his soul.
Traversing the American South, from the garrulous bar rooms
of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast,
The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and
science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human
consciousness.
The novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men – the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.
