On Desperate Seas [Large Print] [Hardcover]

James Pattinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

None of the crew is particularly gratified when the British tanker is chosen to carry a cargo of industrial alcohol from Philadelphia to Russia. And when six American seamen are earmarked to take passage to Archangel there is a concocted human mixture as explosive as the liquid swilling in the tanks.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print; Large Print edition edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708946968
• ISBN-13: 978-0708946961
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,731,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars This World War II Thriller is Not Pattinson's Best, November 19, 2005

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Desperate Seas (Hardcover)

Whilst the majority of Pattinson's other work is a lot higher quality than On Desperate Seas, this 1961 published World War 2 adventure is good enough to pass the time. In this novel British tanker Rosa Dartle has a mismatched crew who are all part of the Merchant Navy of either Britain or America. Their job is to take the ship full of industrial alcohol all the way from Philadelphia in the USA to Murmansk in Russia. Although they must survive German bombers and submarines their greatest threat to making it alive is each other.

James Pattinson writes in an old man style where his characters use words that show Pattinson is obviously from a previous generation and not quite down with the lingo of today but this style does add something unique and enjoyable to his novels.

Better Pattinson novels than On Desperate Seas are The Silent Voyage, Skeleton Island, The Time of Your Life, Away With Murder, Blind Date, The Murmansk Assignment, Obituary for Howard Grey, Crane, The Animal Gang, Spoilers, The Golden Reef, A Car for Mr Bradley and Life Preserver.