THE NAVIGATOR OF NEW YORK, A Novel by Wayne Johnston, 2003
THE NAVIGATOR OF NEW YORK, A Novel by Wayne Johnston, 2003
Author: Wayne Johnston. Published by Vintage Canada Edition, Toronto, ON., 2003. Printed in USA. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover handling. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8 x 5.25 inch, 283 pages.
THE NAVIGATOR OF NEW YORK, is set against the background of the tumultuous rivalry between Lieutenant Peary and Dr. Cook to get to the North Pole at the beginning of the 20th century. It is also the story of a young man's quest for his origins, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the bustling streets of New York, and to the remotest regions of the Arctic.
Wayne Johnston has harnessed the scope, energy and inventiveness of the nineteenth century novel and encapsulated it in the haunting and eloquent voice of his hero. His descriptions of place, whether of the frozen Arctic wastes or the superabundant and teeming New York, have extraordinary physicality and conviction, recreating a time when the wide world seemed to be there for the taking.