Signals of Distress
November 1836, and Aylmer Smith is making the voyage from his London home to coastal Wherrytown to deliver bad news. Once there he becomes embroiled with the American crew of the Belle, torn from their ship by a fierce storm and left stranded to wreak havoc in the village.
A Dickensian cast of characters and Jim Crace’s characteristically poetic prose make for an extraordinary novel: a historical ...
November 1836, and Aylmer Smith is making the voyage from his London home to coastal Wherrytown to deliver bad news. Once there he becomes embroiled with the American crew of the Belle, torn from their ship by a fierce storm and left stranded to wreak havoc in the village.
A Dickensian cast of characters and Jim Crace’s characteristically poetic prose make for an extraordinary novel: a historical ...
