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The Navigation Log
Martin Corrick
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Description for The Navigation Log
Paperback. A wonderful, inventive first novel set primarily in WWII and told through the disparate lives of identical twins; one a fighter pilot, the other a school teacher Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 262.
When they are born the maid ties a luggage label around Tom's ankle. It is the only way to tell him and William apart. Years later, the loop of string remains; two ordinary boys growing up in England between the wars. Their mother is mostly absent. Their father too has his secrets. Across the road the neighbours watch them become young men. Tom takes after his daredevil uncle, captured by his vision of the aeroplane, how it soars and turns. William is entranced by the power of verse, by words that claim to speak of freedom. And then the war ... Read more
When they are born the maid ties a luggage label around Tom's ankle. It is the only way to tell him and William apart. Years later, the loop of string remains; two ordinary boys growing up in England between the wars. Their mother is mostly absent. Their father too has his secrets. Across the road the neighbours watch them become young men. Tom takes after his daredevil uncle, captured by his vision of the aeroplane, how it soars and turns. William is entranced by the power of verse, by words that claim to speak of freedom. And then the war ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780743220170
SKU
KNH0010079
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Martin Corrick
A graduate of the creative writing MA at UEA, Martin Corrick was formerly a lecturer in literature and creative writing at the University of Southampton. He lives in Gloucestershire.
Reviews for The Navigation Log
Praise for THE NAVIGATION LOG 'Quirky, literate, funny...an assured, enjoyable book' DAILY MAIL