Bound manuscript copy. 8vo. 261pp. Blue laminated boards.
Publisher's bumf laid in.
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, as well as a Booklist Top Ten First Novel of the Year. Longlisted for the 2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. A first novel based on the 1928 disappearance of newlyweds, Bessie and Glen Hyde, as they attempted to run the rapids of the Grand Canyon in a home-made boat. "An absorbing, affecting, and beautifully written novel." –New York Times