From Publishers Weekly Stone's incisive， haunting story of a copywriter who enters an around-the-world solo boat race， a nine-week PW bestseller in cloth， is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal In this stern but not unhopeful cautionary tale， Stone ( Dog Soldiers ， LJ 12/15/74; Children of Light ， LJ 3/1/86) depicts Owen Browne and his circle， the powerful American upper-middle class. By coupling this portrait with innovative treatment of the journey motif， Stone bids fair to capture the public imagination. Browne seemingly embodies privilege and success. Yet， avid for honor and glory， he enters a highly publicized， round-the-world， singlehanded sailboat race. As the loneliness and exertion of his voyage test Browne， so the attention of a shallow filmmaker test Anne， Browne's wife. Both learn truths about themselves and one another which destroy one spouse but which compel the other to further trials of strength and will. Superb foreshadowing and some glorious phrasing make even occasionally puzzling devices (e.g.， major decisions are almost always reported rather than depicted) seem acceptable facets of Stone's felicitous style. Previewed in Prepub Alert， LJ 11/15/91.- Jane S. Bakerman， Indiana State Univ.， Terre HauteCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews