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Signals of distress
By Crace, Jim
- ISBN
- 978-0-37426-379-9
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c1995.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1995
As Crace's fine new novel opens, two ships arrive at the isolated English coastal community of Wherrytown: the Belle of Wilmington, an American vessel that has run aground in a storm, and the Ha'proth of Tar, a steampacket that carries Aymer Smith from the safety of London to convey bad news to the town's citizens. His family's firm no longer needs the kelp ash it has been buying from t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
