The Passenger

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot''s flightbag, the plane''s black box, and the tenth passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit - by men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul. Traversing the American South, from the garrulous bar rooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men - the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of 89.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cormac McCarthy, MCCARTHY CORMAC
• Verlag: Picador Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780330457422
• ISBN: 978-0-330-45742-2
• Seiten: 300
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 242 mm x 35 mm
• Serie: Picador
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; USA, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Southern, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Psychological thriller, North America (USA and Canada), C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989