Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine - Softcover

Crawford, Stanley G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564785122 ISBN 13: 9781564785121

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 2008

Synopsis

"A captivating short work almost beyond description." The New Yorker

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Marcus is a surfer and skateboarder for life. He was Surfer magazine associate editor and still writes for Surfer, The Surfer's Journal, and others. He's the author of our The Surfboard, Surfing USA!, Surfing & the Meaning of Life, and The Surfer's Handbook. He lives in Malibu, of course. www.benmarcusrules.com

Review:

“Like that second the in its title, Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine is a stubborn creation that demands attention, and that odd surname is right on the money: This formally seamless book stings and soothes, like the most potent ointment, applied to literature too content to play it far too safe.” (Bookforum)

“While Crawford's novel brings to mind the great literature of the sea (Moby-Dick, Mutiny on the Bounty, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"), he doesn't allude to it; he doesn't have to. Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine—the book's most inelegant passage is its title—is a brave and audacious novel whose style, structure, story and language come together like strands of hemp spliced into an intricate knot.” (Chicago Tribune)

“No one captures the mind of a control freak like Stanley Crawford.” (The Village Voice)

About this edition

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1564785122
• ISBN 13: 9781564785121
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 113