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The Big One: An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish
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paperback. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kinney goes behind the scenes at Martha's Vineyard's annual fishing derby to chronicle 35 days of fish-addled hope and heartbreak. Num Pages: 288 pages, One map and sixteen black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WSB; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 357.
Published to rave reviews in hardcover and purchased by DreamWorks in a major film deal, The Big One is a spellbinding and richly atmospheric work of narrative journalism in the tradition of Friday Night Lights. Here is the story of a community--Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts--and a sporting event--the island's legendary Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby--that is rendered with the same depth, color, and emotional power of the best fiction. Among the characters, we meet: Dick Hathaway, a crotchety legend who once caught a bluefish from a helicopter and was ultimately banned for cheating; Janet Messineo, a recovering alcoholic who says that ... Read more
Published to rave reviews in hardcover and purchased by DreamWorks in a major film deal, The Big One is a spellbinding and richly atmospheric work of narrative journalism in the tradition of Friday Night Lights. Here is the story of a community--Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts--and a sporting event--the island's legendary Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby--that is rendered with the same depth, color, and emotional power of the best fiction. Among the characters, we meet: Dick Hathaway, a crotchety legend who once caught a bluefish from a helicopter and was ultimately banned for cheating; Janet Messineo, a recovering alcoholic who says that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grove Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802144768
SKU
V9780802144768
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