Debatable Land
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0385263104 / Publisher: Nan A. Talese, February 1995
Alec Dundas, a painter from Edinburgh; Logan Urquhart, a yacht skipper; and Elspeth, Logan's troubled second wife, visit the island colonies between Tahiti and New Zealand, and come to an understanding about their Scottish homeland
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With Debatable Land, Candia McWilliam, the supremely talented author of A Little Stranger and A Case of Knives, has written her most serious and ambitious work to date. Set on a sailboat as it travels from Tahiti to New Zealand, Debatable Land is a story of memory, childhood, desire, and Scotland, from where three of the ship's six crew members hail. On board the Ardent Spirit are the painter Alec Dundas, escaping a painful, failed marriage; Logan Urquhart, the boat's aggressive and restless owner-skipper; his troubled second wife Elspeth; Nick and Sandro, two marine nomads; and Gabriel, an attractive young woman who captivates the men.
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