![]() ![]() ![]() think The Revenant for the Arctic Circle' - The Millions 'This book is quite a ride. ![]() a writer of exceptional craft and confidence' - Paraic O'Connell, Irish times 'Raw and compulsively readable. As a stylist, too, McGuire is never less than assured. Inspired' - Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail 'As a storyteller, McGuire has a sure and unwavering touch, and he has engineered a superbly compelling suspense narrative. Such fine writing might have been lifted from the pages of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick' - Independent on Sunday 'Terrific, seamed with pitch black humour and possessed of a momentum that's kept up to the final, unexpected but resoundingly satisfying scene. This is a stunning novel, one that snares the reader from the outset and keeps the tightest grip until its bitter end' - Financial Times 'Horrifically gripping. The North Water has, in places, a Conrad-Melville undercurrent, but for the most part it is Dickens's influence that is most keenly felt. Behold: one of the finest books of the year' - James Kidd, Independent 'McGuire delivers one bravura set-piece after another. 'A stunning achievement, by turns great fun and shocking, thrilling and provocative. ![]()
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