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Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic (Paperback)

by Redmond O'Hanlon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (3 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140276688
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140276688
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 265,244 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Redmond O'Hanlon describes his extraordinary three-week trip on an Orkney trawler as it journeys far into the north Atlantic in search of its catch. Young skipper Jason Schofield has a 2 million pound overdraft on his boat, the Norlantean, which is why he has to go out in a Category One Force 12 hurricane when the rest of the Scottish fleet has run for shelter. O'Hanlon may not be much help when it comes to seamanship - in the words of one of the crew, he doesn't know his arse from his tit - but he is able to wax lyrical on the amazing deep-sea fish to be found north of the Wyville Thomson Ridge: greater argentine, flying squid, blue ling, the truly disgusting hagfish and many other exotics. Combining humour with erudition, O'Hanlon has written a vivid and compulsively readable account of a journey that for sheer terror beats all his previous adventures.


About the Author

Redmond O'Hanlon has written three bestselling, highly acclaimed travel books: Into the Heart of Borneo, In Trouble Again and Congo Journey. For fifteen years he was the Natural History editor of The Times Literary Supplement. He lives outside Oxford with his wife and two children.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars ALL AT SEA AUTHOR-READER SINKS GOOD BOOK, 29 Nov 2003
By Kelvin MacGregor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic (Audio Cassette)
Just when you thought travel writers had exhausted their subject matter - like, dare we say it, the dwindling north Atlantic cod supply - O'Hanlon breaks waves with an unusual, and quite remarkable voyage of self-discovery on an Aberdeen fishing trawler. It's ironic to think that the "mad and seasick" writer left his "safe, warm house in peaceful Oxfordshire" to endure this cold, cruel sea hardship so listeners can enjoy a little escapist adventure in the comfort of their favourite fireside armchair. But Michael Palin he is not. Reading the book himself, O'Hanlon's flat, breathless tones become monotonous and his amateur dramatic attempts at characterisation with a dreadful Scottish accent is simply dire.
Nevertheless, it's a fine fisherman's tale that will make you appreciate your next haddock supper.
Kelvin MacGregor, The Herald, Glasgow
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping stuff, 19 Nov 2004
This is a great read that takes you on an extraordinary trip into a way of life that most people overlook. O'Hanlon is such a sympathetic and self-effacing character that you can't help but root for him to survive the storm amid men who are much younger and fitter than he is. He does bang on about marine biology quite a bit, but he more than makes up for it with his depiction of the spaced-out, paranoid atmosphere on the boat created by a communal lack of sleep. Five stars.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Sick, 1 Aug 2006
Despite the fact that one gets the feeling that O'Hanlon is a terrible old big 'ead, it is compelling stuff. The serious points that are made about the British Government and its single-handed destruction of the industry should have those responsible hanging their heads in shame (sadly they are more likely to be in other non-jobs or hoovering up fat, taxpayer-funded pensions).
The early section where the author experiences mounting seasickness is a masterful piece of writing, which I had to abandon halfway through for fear that I would get trainsick for the first time in my life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
This was given to me as a christmas present, probably the best one I got this year! Great read, I will try some more of his stufff.
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Graeme J. Savage

5.0 out of 5 stars Trawler by Redmond O'hanlon
I read a lot of books and some of them become my favourites. Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon is astounding. This has become one of my all time favourites. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Loretta A. Alexander

5.0 out of 5 stars A thought-provoking foray into the male mind
I gave away my first copy of 'Trawler' having read it twice in succession, and have made gifts of several more since. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Triskell

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivid, fascinating and hilarious
If you've read other O'Hanlon books, you'll be familiar with his easy style, and his careful recording of not only the environment into which he has plunged, but... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2006 by Greyhound

1.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as it may seem...
I really do wonder about writers who contrive to do 'the journey' with the purpose of getting a book out of it. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious rollacoster of a boat trip
This is one of the funniest books I have ever read, and I have also recommended it to several people as a must read. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2005

4.0 out of 5 stars I like this book
O'Hanlon's latest book provides a good insight on a way of life that has all but died out in England and is being carried on in the outer fringes of Scotland. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars This is not a fact-finding mission
There is ecology and political content in this book but you have to find it by inference not overt statement. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2004 by Jan

5.0 out of 5 stars You shall have a fishy on a little dishy
O'Hanlon leads us into a nightmarish rollercoaster, that we want to get off, but we can't until we hit the dry land of the back cover. Un-put-downable. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2004 by Mister Happy

4.0 out of 5 stars Best enjoyed as a work of fiction
This is a strange, almost unclassifiable book. It's sold as a travel book; a factual account of an expedition on the Atlantic Ocean with a group of deep-sea fishermen. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2004 by -meaulnes-

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