{"product_id":"ahabs-return-or-the-last-voyage-isbn-9780062679017","title":"Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen.” – Jonathan Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature—Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville’s \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e—from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Year.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, his former shipmate, Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean’s depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm—after hearing about Ahab’s demise, his wife and child left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhab’s pursuit leads him to \u003cem\u003eThe Gorgon’s Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated \u003cem\u003ePequod\u003c\/em\u003e. In the penny press’s office, Ahab meets George Harrow, who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigation—like Ahab’s own story—will take unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, \u003cem\u003eAhab’s Return\u003c\/em\u003e charts an inventive and intriguing voyage involving one of the most memorable characters in classic literature, and pays homage to one of the greatest novels ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature—Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville’s \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a long journey, Captain Ahab returns to the mainland to confront the true author of the novel \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, his former shipmate, Ishmael. For Ahab was not pulled into the ocean’s depths by a harpoon line, and the greatly exaggerated rumors of his untimely death have caused him grievous harm—after hearing about Ahab’s demise, his wife and child left Nantucket for New York, and now Ahab is on a desperate quest to find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhab’s pursuit leads him to The Gorgon’s Mirror, the sensationalist tabloid newspaper that employed Ishmael as a copy editor while he wrote the harrowing story of the ill-fated Pequod. In the penny press’s office, Ahab meets George Harrow, who makes a deal with the captain: the newspaperman will help Ahab navigate the city in exchange for the exclusive story of his salvation from the mouth of the great white whale. But their investigation—like Ahab’s own story—will take unexpected, dangerous, and ultimately tragic turns.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Year\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Carroll, author of The Wooden Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Properly creepy, but from time to time deliciously funny and heartbreakingly poignant, too. For those of you—and you know who you are—who think the indispensable element for good genre fiction is good writing, this is not to be missed.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superb, heartbreaking, and masterfully written. . . . It’s proof of Jeffrey Ford’s narrative power that, ultimately, the distinction [between real and invented] doesn’t much matter. His made-up world trumps ours.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A work of episodic beauty and mercurial significance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Think Ray Bradbury’s “Green Town” stories, Harper Lee’s \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e and Stephen King’s \u003cem\u003eThe Body\u003c\/em\u003e (made into the film \u003cem\u003eStand by Me\u003c\/em\u003e) and you get an idea of the tone of Ford’s latest fine work. 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Jeffrey Ford has that chutzpah . . .[M]arvelous.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSciFi Magazine (\"A\" rating)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A]n imaginary sequel to an imaginative work, a virtual or alternate vision. … Primed for adventure, Harrow guides [Ahab] through New York’s seething underworld on his quest and perchance to find fresh material. 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