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Book Synopsis_______________________WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE_______________________''McWilliam is an astonishing wordmaster who time and again dazzles the reader'' - Penelope Fitzgerald,
Times Literary Supplement''A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives'' - Guardian''By far the most enjoyable novel I have read this year'' - Spectator_______________________Set on a sailing boat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand,
Debatable Land is a story of memory, childhood and longing. On board
Ardent Spirit are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a destructive, failed relationship; Logan Urquhart, the restless skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth, who fears Logan is slipping away from her; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men. As the ship sails from island to island, t
Trade Review'Full of startling insight ... just the sort of companion one would want to take on a long journey' * Justine Picardie, Independent on Sunday *
'McWilliam is an astonishing wordmaster who time and again dazzles the reader' * Penelope Fitzgerald, Times Literary Supplement *
'A very distinguished examination into stability and instability, pattern and memory, and the drifting terror of our lives' * Guardian *
'By far the most enjoyable novel I have read this year' * Spectator *
