![]() ![]() ![]() The Volunteer sets out on its journey from Hull via Shetland to Greenland, ostensibly to catch whales. Why is the first thing more important than the second? Why is the second more important than the third? Tell me that?’ ‘One thing happens, then another comes after it. Most terrifying of all is Henry Drax, a harpooner, whose total lack of empathy and conscience, whose cold-bloodedness and impulsiveness has turned him into a killing machine. Sumner is not exactly a saint, as we realise when details of his life as an army surgeon in India emerge, but compared to some of the crew on the whaling ship the Volunteer he seems pretty close to it. If you don’t, you’re in for a nail-biting thriller, which will keep you on your toes to the very last page. It’s an extraordinarily violent and brutal book, so if you mind graphic sex and violence, don’t even think about reading it. The novel, set in 1859, tells the story of 27-year-old surgeon Patrick Sumner, who joins an ill-fated whaling expedition to the Artic. ![]() An absolutely riveting read, an unputdownable book. Once in a while I come across a book that I simply cannot stop reading that I walk around with while I cook or brush my teeth and keep reading late into the night. ![]()
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