Acclaimed nature writer Horatio Clare travels the great oceans on cargo ships, and witnesses the collision of two temperaments- man and the sea
Horatio Clare is the bestselling author of numerous books including the memoirs Running for the Hills and Truant and the travel books A Single Swallow, Down to the Sea in Ships, Orison for a Curlew, Icebreaker and The Light in the Dark. His books for children include Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot and Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds. Horatio's essays and reviews appear on BBC radio and in the Financial Times, the Observer and the Spectator, among other publications. He lives with his family in West Yorkshire.
Wonderful… Clare’s account of his journeys with the officers and
crews of container ships is gripping and stomach-churning in equal
measure
*Daily Telegraph*
[A] beautifully written account of seafaring life
*Sunday Times*
A lyrical, heartfelt but eye-opening chronicle... Both romantic and
realistic, written from the heart but crafted with a seafarer’s
“passionate precision”, [Clare’s] book will steer you into the new
year on a course that may deepen your grasp both of that world, and
of ourselves
*Independent*
If you can't run away to sea (though I recommend you do), Clare's
book is a warm and captivating companion to it
*Guardian*
Stupendous and extraordinarily exciting... What Clare demonstrates,
even beyond his undoubted gifts as writer, is his basic humanity. I
read his wonderful book with gratitude for his insight – but also
with increased admiration for the men to whom we owe almost
everything in our comfortable and secure lives
*Times Higher Education*
Rich and dense, full of old sea-dog stories, with barely a word
wasted, it’s a triumph of quiet artistry
*Daily Mail*
This is a warm and lyrical book about a tough trade in tough
times
*Observer*
Wonderful... Clare’s writing is fluid, light and eminently
readable, but perhaps his greatest asset is his empathy
*Sunday Telegraph*
Clare’s powers of plain description are tremendous
*The Times*
A fabulous account... There is Conradian insight in Clare’s
portrayal of the crews to which he is supernumerary, from the
captain who hums as he negotiates narrow channels to the first mate
constantly crunching carrots
*Condé Nast Traveller*
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