{"product_id":"ahabs-return-or-the-last-voyage-9780062679000","title":"Ahab's Return: Or, the Last Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen.\" - Jonathan Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature--Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e--from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Year.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, his former shipmate, Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean's depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm--after hearing about Ahab's demise, his wife and child left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhab's pursuit leads him to \u003cem\u003eThe Gorgon's Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated \u003cem\u003ePequod\u003c\/em\u003e. In the penny press's office, Ahab meets George Harrow, who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigation--like Ahab's own story--will take unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, \u003cem\u003eAhab's Return\u003c\/em\u003e charts an inventive and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature, and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062679000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeffrey Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291118338229,"sku":"9780062679000","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_29c8f965-6f4f-4089-a324-e5d622573637.jpg?v=1700540107","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ahabs-return-or-the-last-voyage-9780062679000","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}