The New World

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The New World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Andrew Motion
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780099583783
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 8 October 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Andrew Motion picks up where R. L. Stevenson left off, taking us on a fantastic adventure from the shores of Treasure Island to the mysterious New World... THE END OF THE WORLD OR THE BEGINNING. On to the shores of Texas a raging sea coughs up two castaways- Jim and Natty, shipwrecked on their way home from Treasure Island. The Nightingale sunk, their silver gone, captured, weak and afraid, the pair steal a treasure they should have left well alone. The adventure of the New World lies in wait.

Author Biography

Andrew Motion is the former Poet Laureate, co-founded the Poetry Archive and was knighted for his services to literature in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London.

Reviews

I love The New World... I look forward, hopefully, to more. -- John Sutherland * The Times * It's written with such gusto and passion that it's impossible not to enjoy it. * Irish Independent * Motion paints an alluring portrait of a land that is in turns bountiful and beautiful, barren and savage. -- Lucy Scholes * Independent * Motion's narrative is both more lyrical and more gruesome than Robert Louis Stevenson's. * Mail on Sunday * Motion has fashioned an exciting narrative that fans of the original will welcome. * Good Book Guide *