Author:Douglas Reeman
As the grim years of the Second World War go by, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Out of the terrible loss of men and ships, the escort carrier is born. At twenty-six, fighter pilot Tim Rowan, RNVR, is already a veteran of many campaigns. Now he joins the escort carrier, GROWLER, a posting which takes him first to the bitter waters of the Arctic and all the misery of convoy duty to Murmansk, and then south to the Indian Ocean and the strange new terror of the Japanese Kamikaze. . .
Malouf is subtle, lyric and insistent. His stories enter the memory and stay there.
—— Irish TimesSimply brilliant and naturalistically told
—— GuardianThe continuities of nature are set against the obscenities of war...to contruct a memorable book
—— Sunday TelegraphThe novel of a poet without a single trace of overwriting
—— Daily TelegraphJoyously madcap
—— Publishers WeeklyPart Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own
—— Los Angeles TimesHas many pleasures to offer
—— New York Times