Voyage to Oblivion - Hardcover

Gardner, Theodore Roosevelt, II

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888310103 ISBN 13: 9781888310108

Publisher: Allen a Knoll Pubs, 2008

Synopsis

Seven unforgettable dinner companions convene at table 13--all living the dream of cruising the world's most colorful ports.

Izzy, curmudgeon, widower, has had a nefarious hand in the makeup of the table. Guilty about his wealth, Izzy courts poverty by blowing the remnants of his fortune on a penthouse, and finds an agonizing love in the process.

Tessie, the object of his desire, down to earth, where she keeps her secret;

Burt & Ellen, a CEO and his wife on the brink of disaster;

Neil the cruise pianist shielding his past, besieged by the women passengers;

Gene a former gentleman host trying to recapture a lost love; and

Hector the professor with a special affinity for a shipboard Lolita.

Half the occupants of fated table 13 are convinced this trip is their last hurrah. The other half have yet to realize their fate. These massive characters with their ambitions and agonies burst through the pages with Gardner's engaging style.

This is storytelling at its finest.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Dust jacket illustration by Gerry Gersten

About the Author:

Theodore Gardner is the author of several other acclaimed novels: All Lost Time, Give Gravity a Chance, Flip Side, The Real Sleeper, and The Paper Dynasty. His last major work of fiction was named the best overall fiction book of 2000 by Today's Librarian. He lives in Southern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen a Knoll Pubs
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1888310103
• ISBN 13: 9781888310108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 620