New York:: Random House,, (2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The author's second novel, a story of love and betrayal on the high seas. At 59, Harold Snow is serving as boatswain aboard the Tarshish, a decrepit tanker whose papers are as suspect as its seaworthiness. His "risky plans begin to go awry when the Tarshish is refused entry to the Bay of San Francisco. Forced to return to the open Pacific, Snow and Bracelin embark on a scattershot voyage of shoestring improvisation that will take the disintegrating hulk - sailing under forged papers and a new name from South America to Africa. Along the way they will encounter hurricanes, crooked customs officials, and tropical ports seething with vice and revolution. This outer voyage is mirrored by a dark and twisted inner journey that will strip Snow down to his bare essence as a man. As George and Beth flaunt their involvement, and Bracelin embraces cold-blooded murder, Snow will face a stark choice between life and death, damnation and redemption, at the western limit of the world." SIGNED on the title page. 288 pp.

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David Masiel is the acclaimed author 2182 Kilohertz. He spent his early years in Richmond, California, where he was exposed to sea stories by his grandfather, a master mariner whose career spanned fifty-four years. Masiel received a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of California at Davis. Between 1980 and 1989, he worked offshore in the arctic oilfields, sailing on oceangoing tugboats and icebreakers, mostly in Alaskan waters. He lives in Northern California. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller's Inventory #: 88410
Title: THE WESTERN LIMIT OF THE WORLD.
Author: Masiel, David
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Jacket Condition: like
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1400061628
ISBN 13: 9781400061624
Publisher: Random House,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2005)
Bookseller catalogs: Modern first editions;

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