An edition of The handsome sailor (1998)
The handsome sailor
a novel
By Larry Duberstein
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Publish Date
1998
Publisher
Permanent Press
Language
eng
Pages
266
Description:
A portrait of the 19th century writer, Herman Melville, after he wrote his famous Moby Dick. He burns his manuscripts, has an extra-marital affair and goes to work as a customs inspector in New York. Not until 30 years later does he resume writing to produce Billy Bud just before his death.