Outerbridge Reach

Outerbridge Reach is a 1992 novel by American novelist Robert Stone. It was his fifth published novel.

First edition (publ. Ticknor & Fields)

Plot

The novel follows the story of a copywriter who enters an around-the-world solo boat race, and a filmmaker who makes him the subject of a documentary.[1] Stone reportedly stated that it is partly based on the real-life story of Donald Crowhurst, though the novel does not mention Crowhurst by name.[2] In a note from the author that appears in the first few attached pages preceding the work, Stone states as follows: "An episode in the book was suggested by an incident that actually occurred during a circumnavigation race in the mid-1960s. This novel is not a reflection on that incident but fiction referring to the present day." See Outerbridge Reach, A Novel By Robert Stone.

Achievements

Awards and honors

Outerbridge Reach was a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. [1] It was also a finalist for The National Book Award.

Commercial success

Stone's novel was also a commercial success, spending nine weeks on the bestseller list in its cloth edition.

References
  1. "Outerbridge Reach". Amazon. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  2. "The hard road to Damascus". The Telegraph. October 19, 1998. Retrieved March 17, 2017.


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