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  • 06/2016
  • 978-0-9761275-8-1
  • 362 pages
  • $36.99
Michael Hurley
Author
The Passage

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Publish)

Jay Danforth Fitzgerald, known as “Fitz” to his few remaining friends, has learned from long and painful experience that there is no such thing as love that lasts. A failed an aging stockbroker, full of angst and self-loathing, he fritters away his nights in Tiddly’s Bar and his days aboard a derelict sailboat stuck in the mud of Charleston Harbor. But when he meets a much younger woman named Gemma, his world changes forever. Award-winning author Michael Hurley has crafted a tale for the ages about the love we leave behind and the longing that fills our hearts for what might have been. When Fitz resolves to make a reckless solo passage to Ireland in a last-ditch grab for salvation, Gemma secretly stows aboard. The story of Gemma and Fitz plays out on the dramatic stage of the North Atlantic, on a boat bound toward the past Fitz cannot forget and a future he cannot imagine.
Plot/Idea: 8 out of 10
Originality: 7 out of 10
Prose: 6 out of 10
Character/Execution: 5 out of 10
Overall: 6.50 out of 10

Assessment:

In Hurley's novel set in Charleston, self-loathing Fitz discovers a stowaway named Gemma on his sailboat -- and finds that his life will never be the same. The author's prose is solid and the story well paced, although Fitz’s conversations on big ideas – love, religion, abortion – can veer heavily toward the didactic. Still, Hurley keeps readers guessing: the book's plot twists are highly unpredictable and nothing ends up as one might predict. And while some plot elements don’t always hang together, the story is interesting and unusual -- and readers will keep turning pages.

Date Submitted: June 07, 2016

Formats
Hardcover Details
  • 06/2016
  • 978-0-9761275-8-1
  • 362 pages
  • $36.99
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