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The
2003 Award
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The Nautical Chart by
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Harcourt ISBN 0151005346 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Coy
is a suspended sailor with time in his hands, a seaman without a ship. At
an auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman who immediately captures
his imagination. Tánger Soto is obsessed with the Dei Gloria, a Jesuit
ship sunk by pirates in the seventeenth century, and now - she hopes - resting
on the bottom of the sea off the southern coast of Spain. Using her expertise
with documents, atlases, and nautical maps, as well as her subtle manipulative
skills with men, she charts the search for lost treasure. Coy is quickly
drawn into the adventure, and before long finds himself falling in love.
Along with El Piloto, the world-wise old man of the sea whose ship will
carry this enterprising crew, they seek their fortune together. Or do they? As they trace the course of past sailors, their own journey becomes perilous. Is their treasure in the depths of the sea? And what of the depths of the heart…? |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the author of four previous novels, The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Seville Communion and The Fencing Master. His books have been translated into nineteen languages in thirty countries. He is a well-known newspaper columnist and has worked as a television journalist. He lives in Spain. |
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