- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Picador (20 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330418947
- ISBN-13: 978-0330418942
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 530,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Stone is considered by many to be the finest American novelist at work today, with a body of work far more accomplished than many better-known names. This remarkable new novel is similar to his masterpiece, A Flag for Sunrise, in that it functions both as a considerable work of literature and a compulsive thriller. Michael Ahearn is a professor at a mediocre rural college. Lara Purcell, meanwhile, is an expert in third world politics, newly-arrived on the campus from the Caribbean. Michael finds himself inexorably drawn to her. When Lara flees to her native island of St Trinity, Michael follows, heedless of the political upheaval there. Stone's story allows him once again to synthesise the most resonant themes of earlier writers, such as Graham Greene, with his own very individual world view.
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Michael Ahearn is a loving father, vaguely discontented husband and professor at a mediocre rural college. Lara Purcell, meanwhile, is an expert in third world politics, newly arrived on the campus from the Caribbean. Michael finds himself inexorably drawn to her, his obsession fuelled by their mutual attraction and quickly spiralling into an affair. When Lara flees to her native island of St. Trinity, Michael follows, heedless of the political upheaval there. Together he and Lara find themselves ensnared by island intrigues, and while Lara sacrifices herself to ritual and superstition, Michael is caught unawares in a high-stakes smuggling scheme. Bay Of Souls is the story of a naive academic unexpectedly embroiled in third world corruption, of diplomats and covert operatives, of idealists and opportunists, of a wild and dangerous passion. Robert Stone paints a terrifying yet magical picture of a place where experience proves unreliable and carefully wrought certainties are violently overturned.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Muddled Soul
24 Jun 2003
Format:Hardcover
I think that Robert Stone has written some great books, but this is not one of them. Bay of Souls seems torn between an Dellilo style life in the USA novel, and the usual Stone third world Conradesque action/philosophy thriller. Sad to say, but the academic parts, the creeping ennuie, the sudden adultery, minutia of modern life, etc. seem much more real than the drug crazed revolutionary danger parts, which is too bad because there are a lot of people who do the Delillo/Carver thing and not a lot who can pull off the headlong rush of Robert Stone.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Not up to par
19 April 2003
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This simply is not Stone's best work. While Michael Ahearn's motivations are believable--the marriage is comatose, the relationship with his son awkward--the plot is both farfetched and burdened by coincidence. He just happens to dive Great Lake wrecks in his spare time and, oh, by the way, his lover is going to need him to dive a plane wreck during their tryst in the Islands? Not likely, not logical, not well planned.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Let down
22 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
I've been a Robert Stone fan since way back, but I never finished Damascus Gate and Bay of Souls was a big let-down. It was a mish-mash of foriegn intrigue and existential angst and male sexual fantasy. What went wrong? This guy is one of our best. Hopefully, this is just a temporary diversion.
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