A moving, complex mosaic of memory, history and adventure'–Sunday Telegraph
Following his dusty travels for Bad Land–described as a 'blazing classic' and whose many prizes included the US National Book Critics Circle Award–Jonathan Raban returns to sea, sailing up the coast of Canada to Juneau in Alaska.
'Most beautifully told, vivid and fresh with observation. It looks like a travel book, but it's much less expected and more troubling than that'–Spectator
'Unlike other travel books this is the genuine article... it is a thrilling adventure'–The Times
'This is an extraordinary book. The voyage itself is fascinating... his observations are of the highest order'–Daily Telegraph
Jonathan Raban is the author of Passage to Juneau, Bad Land, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Coasting, Old Glory, Arabia, and Soft City. Foreign Land (1985) was his first novel. His awards include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award, and the Governor's Award of the State of Washington. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, the New York Review of Books, Outside, Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, and other magazines.
In 1990 Raban, a British citizen, moved from London to Seattle, where he now lives with his daughter.
His newest novel, Waxwings was longlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. A reissue of the late master travel writer's magnum opus, with a new introduction by Robert Macfarlane.
