A Voyage For Madmen: Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

ISBN-13: 9781846684432 / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str.

Peter Nichols

Opis

Nine people, two Frenchmen, an Italian and six Englishmen, began the 1968 Golden Globe around the world yacht race. Only one finished and made it back from a voyage for madmen. This is his extraordinary story.

Recenzje

Told with verve and riddled with drama, you can smell the salty air and feel the spray on every page Sunday Times

O autorze

Nichols, PeterPeter Nichols is the author of the bestselling novel The Rocks, and the international bestsellers A Voyage for Madmen(finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year), Evolution's Captain, and three other books of fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. His novel Lodestar was nominated for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. He has taught creative writing at a number of universities, including Georgetown University, Bowdoin College, New York University in Paris, and Antioch University Los Angeles. Before turning to writing full time, he held a 100 ton USCG Ocean Operator's licence and was a professional yacht delivery skipper for 10 years. He has also worked in advertising in London, as a screenwriter in Los Angeles, been a shepherd in Wales, and sailed alone in a small boat across the Atlantic.