Ninety feet to the sun: a sea novel of World War II - Hardcover

COLLENETTE, Eric J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071830506X ISBN 13: 9780718305062

Publisher: William Kimber, 1984

Synopsis

London published Fiction

About this title

From Library Journal:

This novel is the personal narrative of Ben Grant, coxswain of the British submarine Scavenger, which is on patrol off the coast of Norway in the early autumn of 1940and a very harrowing voyage it is. When the ship's officers are killed in a German attack, Grant must take command of the crippled ship and force both crew and machine to complete their vital mission before returning home. In life-and-death struggles with the sea, the enemy, and a recalcitrant engineer, Grant pushes himself to the limit in a tale reminiscent of Das Boot (1975). The novel's first-person style makes a strong impression and allows the reader to share Grant's feelings and reactions. Though the technology of submarine warfare may discourage some readers, this is recommended for fiction collections. William C. McCully, Park Ridge P.L., Ill.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

After a Luftwaffe strafing attack in the fall of 1940, coxswain Ben Grant finds himself the senior man on H. M. submarine Scavenger. Ordered to intercept the Germans as they tow a huge floating dock to Norway, Grant manages some repairs on his damaged vessel and with good luck finds and destroys the dock. His luck soon runs out, however, and he must fight Nazi ships, dangerous Norwegian seas, a cowardly engineer and, not least, his own feelings of inadequacy. Scavenger is mortally wounded but Grant and a handful of the crew escape to a small island; later, they are picked up off Scotland by a German destroyer. In a bang-up finish, Grant and his sparse crew turn the tables on the Germans. Except for a few spots of over-writing, Collenette's event-filled tale is consistently interesting.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Kimber
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 071830506X
• ISBN 13: 9780718305062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208