Sailors on the Inward Sea

by Lawrence Thornton

Malone, a close friend of writer Joseph Conrad, is astonished to see his life stories made into an acclaimed sea adventure series, witnesses his friend's debilitating fear that he has lost his creative imagination, and becomes obsessed with finding Conrad's final manuscript. 30,000 first printing.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

the 6 ratings this book has received shows the huge problem of NEA sponsorship of "high art" novels. yes, if you are an absolute fan of Ford Madox Ford and can't live in any other universe, this is an addition to your thought sphere. but who else but the NEA/Guggenheim would sponsor a fictional realisation of a possible back story to Joseph Conrad and FMF?

I'm sympathetic to people who try to ascend the literary fiction mountain, but this work can't be considered more than a 3, possibly a 2. moreover, the readership numbers speak for themselves. nobody is reading this book