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"Inside Crowhurst's head is precisely where the real drama was always taking place, and the only way we can really get there is by reading his own unvarnished thoughts, as transcribed by Hall and Tomalin. As so often, the old saying holds true: if in doubt, buy the book."―Jonathan Coe, The New Statesman"A masterpiece."―The New Yorker"A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster . . . Fascinating, uncomfortable reading."―Sunday Times"The extraordinary story . . . for me goes with the essential documents of our time."―The Observer
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About the Author
Nicholas Tomalin studied English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was a featured columnist for the Daily Express, the Sunday Times, and the Evening Standard, before becoming literary editor of the New Statesman. He was nominated for Reporter of the Year for his coverage of the war in Vietnam. Tomalin was killed in Israel in 1973 while reporting on the Yom Kippur War.Ron Hall studied mathematics and statistics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was cofounder of the Sunday Times' investigative unit "Insight," where he was editor from 1964-66, and became managing editor of the Sunday Times in 1969. He died at age 79 in 2014.
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Product details
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Quercus; Reprint edition (October 3, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1681441829
ISBN-13: 978-1681441825
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
56 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#383,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This was a great read. Though written about 40 years ago it reads as very contemporary, and in this edition there is an afterword by Robin Knox-Johnston, the only person to actually finish the race. Like the authors, he's not to quick to leap to judgment of Donald Crowhurst.If you saw, and liked, the 2006 documentary Deep Water (find it on a popular video hosting site) you'll enjoy this more. It has much more detail, especially of Crowhurst's life leading up to the sailing race (he had more experience on boats than the film led us to believe) and in particular on the preparations for the race. It's hard to escape the conclusion that he'd have made it had he been better prepared, though of course his boat and its structural integrity were always another issue.Anyway, I can thoroughly recommend this book. As much as I could, I read it basically in one sitting. That is, when I wasn't at work, I was racing through this book.
In 1968, a London newspaper, inspired by recent feats of daring in the world of sailing, sponsored a contest that offered a trophy and large cash prize to the first person to successfully complete a solo, non-stop and unaided circumnavigation of the globe in a sailboat. This book is the morbidly fascinating story of one of the participants, Donald Crowhurst, a talented amateur sailor and electronics entrepreneur, who announced that he would build the world's most technologically advanced boat, including a first-of-its-kind on-board computer of his own design, and take the prize.While sailing buffs will like this book, the real meat of it is in the look at human nature that it provides. Like many entrepeneurs, Crowhurst was a bit of a blowhard who ended up departing just hours before the deadline in a boat that had never been tested and with which he was totally unfamiliar. Busy with race preparations, he never built, much less installed, the much-publicized computer. Feeling certain he could make up time as he became more familar with the craft, Crowhurst began to tell "little white lies" in his sporadic radio communications (remember, there was no GPS back then -- the yachtsmen were truly on their own).As his problems with the boat mounted, Crowhurst conceived an elaborate hoax to make the world believe he was on track to complete the race, maybe even win it all. For months he sailed around the South Atlantic, alone and increasingly desperate, monitoring radio communications about weather and constructing a fake ship's log and fake documentation that showed his supposed progress day-by-day. In the spring of 1969, when Crowhurst reestablished radio contact with his agent and family back in Britain, he learned a shocking truth. He was the only yachtsman still in the race. With all the others out of it, he had become a national celebrity, and a huge welcome was planned.At this point, the audacious hoax turned tragic. It appears from his journals that Crowhurst suffered a complete mental breakdown in the week that followed. It was too late to confess or backtrack on his claims without complete humiliation; yet as the winner and only man still in the race, he was sure to be exposed as a cheat. A few days after his last journal entry, Crowhurst's boat was found abandoned and drifting in the Atlantic by another ship. He had left all the evidence of his hoax neatly arranged for the world to find.Crowhurst is an unsympathetic character to read about, but by the end it was hard not to feel compassion in spite of everything he did. This book is much more than a reconstruction of his mysterious death. The authors invite the reader to think about the deficiencies in the heart and soul that lead human beings to lie and scheme, in spite of the inevitable disastrous results. Why is it so hard for people to be honest? And why is it these very people who lie and scheme who often attempt great things, while the honest people sit on the sidelines?Reviewer: Liz Clare, co-author of the historical novel "To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis and Clark"
Fascinating story about a man and his desire to make a mark in the world. I watched "Deep Water," the movie about Mr. Crowhurst, several times, and gained greater insight into this brave man by reading the book. Yes, I write BRAVE; some people might think him foolhardy, but I think he was a brave man who did not fully understand what he was getting himself into. He was apparently a bright, intelligent man who got in over his head. A fool he was not, and I do not think he meant to be dishonest, although that was the way his voyage turned out to be: dishonest, fraudulent. A brave man, yet he ended up being a fraud... He knew that, and that is why he committed suicide... Sad ending to a good man's life.My heart goes out to his wife and children.
I've been a reader of the genre for decades. I've read many accounts of Crowhurst but finally read "the" account. And was I glad I did. I found myself wanting to get home from work as soon as I could so I could read this book.The authors are obviously well trained and gifted writers. Being journalists (both are journalists? I suppose I could read the book jacket but it's not handy) I think made them especially adept to taking on such a project. The amount of research was obviously staggering.My only knock, and not enough to give it any less than 5 stars, is the "descent into madness" section at the end of the book was a bit laborious. I suppose it had to be. Interpreting a mad man's ravings is an exercise in psychological analysis and they did a fine job. Just a bit dry for a book that was really quite scintillating.Anyone who has a passing fancy for the single handed sailing genre, or sailing, venturing or voyaging, has to read this book. It should not go unread.
Towards the end, reading Crowhurst's last log entries, I worried that I myself might come unhinged.This is not a sailing book -- it is a detective story about what pressure and isolation can do to the human mind. The authors do a wonderful job of assembling and presenting the evidence.It doesn't matter at all that you know the complete story before you start (but if you don't want to know, simply skip the rest of this paragraph): A guy's marriage and business ventures are in shambles; he hoodwinks a town into building him a bad plywood trimaran for an around-the-world race; he gets scared and fakes everything by staying in the Atlantic and sailing in circles; he goes nuts and walks overboard.An amazing study of the human mind under pressure -- I commend the authors.This book will shake you up. The necessary antidote is "The Long Way" by Bernard Moitessier, a lyrical story about the same race by the man who was winning it, but was so raptured by the Deep that he forfeited the prize and just kept on sailing...
An excellent book. Is there a little of Donald in all of us ! Very well written and the subject matter explained.
This was a gift. I haven't read the book but the recipient stated afterwards that he wants to go sailing.
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