7.4 /10 1 Votes
Originally published 1992 Genre Fiction | 3.7/5 Goodreads Preceded by Children of Light | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Ambassador Book Award for Fiction Nominations National Book Award for Fiction Similar Robert Stone books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert stone reads from outerbridge reach and ken kesey reading from sailor song
Outerbridge Reach is a 1992 novel by American novelist Robert Stone. It was his fifth published novel.
Contents
Outerbridge reach
Plot
The novel follows the story of a copywriter who enters an around-the-world solo boat race, and a filmmaker who makes him the subject of a documentary. Stone has stated that it is partly based on the real-life story of Donald Crowhurst, though the novel does not mention Crowhurst by name.
Awards and honors
Outerbridge Reach is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.
Commercial success
Stone's novel was also a commercial success, spending nine weeks on the bestseller list in its cloth edition.
References
Outerbridge Reach Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA