- Paperback: 355 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (22 Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 033034241X
- ISBN-13: 978-0330342414
- Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 10.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 53,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Mary Deare was a 6000-ton freighter, which for forty years had tramped the seas, been shipwrecked and torpedoed during the war. Then one night she emerges from the Bay of Biscay after severe gales and is propelled into the newspaper headlines as a ship of mystery and tragedy.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I came across this book about fifteen years ago and am now on my second copy!
Mr Innes wrote the story so well that you feel as though you are in the same room as the characters and can taste the sea spray in the air. But even though the characters are brilliantly written and the relationships between them interweave so well, it is the ship that I feel most empathy with.
It feels as though you are standing on the bridge of that monstrous ship and can feel the thunder of the waves through her decks on that terrible night in the Bay of Biscay.
This book is a must for anyone with a passion for a good sea-story or detective story.
Do not start to read this book if you can only give it a few minutes of your time - it is a book that you will not be able to put down and it was written with such quality and enthuasism that it would be an injustice to the great author himself and the Mary Deare(and yourself)not to give it the time and attention it deserves.
I am now going to go and read it again!!
Mr Innes wrote the story so well that you feel as though you are in the same room as the characters and can taste the sea spray in the air. But even though the characters are brilliantly written and the relationships between them interweave so well, it is the ship that I feel most empathy with.
It feels as though you are standing on the bridge of that monstrous ship and can feel the thunder of the waves through her decks on that terrible night in the Bay of Biscay.
This book is a must for anyone with a passion for a good sea-story or detective story.
Do not start to read this book if you can only give it a few minutes of your time - it is a book that you will not be able to put down and it was written with such quality and enthuasism that it would be an injustice to the great author himself and the Mary Deare(and yourself)not to give it the time and attention it deserves.
I am now going to go and read it again!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book cracks along and is best read with a large pinch of sea salt. The story is good fun although easily predicted. For a long time I was convinced that this could only be set in the secret corners of the Pacific yet instead we tour the Channel Islands in the 1950's.
If you are into sailing then this book talks your language - you will really enjoy it. If not then just go with the flow and the eddy. An odd mix of nautical detail and heated imagination.
One very annoying feature of this book was the inclusion of two maps at the start. The maps themselves were useful but they contained highlighted routes and narrative that were terrible 'spoilers'. Avoid them if you dont want to know three-quarters of the story before you get to the first page!
If you are into sailing then this book talks your language - you will really enjoy it. If not then just go with the flow and the eddy. An odd mix of nautical detail and heated imagination.
One very annoying feature of this book was the inclusion of two maps at the start. The maps themselves were useful but they contained highlighted routes and narrative that were terrible 'spoilers'. Avoid them if you dont want to know three-quarters of the story before you get to the first page!
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The "Mary Deare" was a 6000-ton freighter which emerged one night from severe Biscay gales into the English Channel, and into the newspaper headlines. It falls to John Sands, a salvage operator, to investigate what had happened to her. The damage sustained by the ship in the forward holds, the water making headway against the pumps, the shoring of the stoke-hold bulkhead, the fire in the radio shack, the disappearance of crew member Dellimare, the fire in number three hold and the subsequent abandonment of the ship by all except the captain. A disaster resulting in the death of twelve men during a mad scramble to get away from the "Mary Deare" that, in point of fact, was in no immediate danger of sinking...
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