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Book SynopsisA salvage diver, afraid of the watery deep, becomes involved in a conspiracy he cannot comprehend – and is haunted by his family's dark past.
Trade ReviewAn appealing piece of work . . .
gripping, with plenty of reflection and evocation * Telegraph *
The Passenger is like a submerged ship itself; a gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song . . .
It’s rich and it’s strange, mercurial and melancholic * Guardian *
A moving and characteristically disconcerting addition to the oeuvre of one of America’s greatest writers * Irish Times *
[A] gripping story, written in McCarthy’s trademark acerbic style * i newspaper *
Kafka on the bayou * Observer *
Critics have detected the influence on him of Faulkner and Hemingway, but this is to understate his achievement.
The Passenger shows that McCarthy belongs in the company of Melville and Dostoevsky, writers the world will never cease to need * New Statesman *
