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Far Tortuga

Peter Matthiessen

1975399 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1975
first published
  • 1975Random House · 408 pages · ENGISBN 9780394494616
  • 1976Bantam Books · 399 pages · ENGISBN 9780553028089
  • 1976Bantam · 401 pages · ENGISBN 9780552628082
  • 1984Vintage Books · 408 pages · ENGISBN 9780394724782
  • 1988Vintage · 408 pages · ENGISBN 9780394756677
  • 1989Collins Harvill · ENGISBN 9780002710206
  • 1997Farrar Straus Giroux · 416 pagesISBN 9781860463143
  • 1979Bantam Books (Mm) · ENGISBN 9780553208474

A West Indian turtle-fishing expedition meets with failure, and desperation and discord affect the ragged crew who are beset with superstition and belief in tales of pirates, storms and other folkloric episodes. Finally in a desperate gamble to find the turtles, the captain sets sail for the legendary inlet south of Cuba, Far Tortuga.

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