{"product_id":"9781324065975","title":"The Voyage of the Narwhal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense.\" -Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the fallacy of discovery, and the inevitable costs of ambition from the \"genius enchantress\" (Karen Russell) author of \u003cem\u003eShip Fever\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the National Book Award.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNarwhal\u003c\/em\u003e has a simple mission: to find the remains-human and material-of a disappeared ship. But its rash and obsessive young commander, Zeke Voorhees, has ulterior motives that may spell doom for the \u003cem\u003eNarwhal\u003c\/em\u003e and its crew. His soon-to-be brother-in-law, scholar-naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells, may be the only one aboard who can alter their fate. Back in Philadelphia, the women left behind make journeys of the imagination as they await the \u003cem\u003eNarwhal\u003c\/em\u003e's return. Wielding her signature lyrical and precise style, Andrea Barrett unravels the mid-nineteenth-century American romance with the Arctic in a \"genuine page turner that long lingers in the mind\" (Philip Graham, \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370793898045,"sku":"9781324065975","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324065975_p0.jpg?v=1771567946","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781324065975","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}