New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2012.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. The author's very highly praised first novel, a coming of age story set in the Bering Sea off Alaska: "Part mystery, part lament, part coming-of-age drama, this novel will stay with you long after you turn the last page. . . . Fascinating and powerful." (Daniel Alarcon) and "Robert Louis Stevenson would be proud of Nick Dybek. . . . He delivers a page-turner full of danger, secrets, and betrayals." (Stewart O'Nan) and more. A Booklist Top 10 First novel of 2012. 304 pp.

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A “powerful first novel” about “loyalty and moral choice within a crumbling family” ( The Boston Globe ). Every fall, the men of Loyalty Island—like their fathers and grandfathers before them—still sail from the Olympic Peninsula up to the Bering Sea to spend the winter catching king crab. Their dangerous occupation keeps food on the table but constantly threatens to leave empty seats around it. To Cal, Alaska remains as mythical and mysterious as Treasure Island, and the stories his father returns with are as mesmerizing as those he once invented about Captain Flint before he turned pirate. But while Cal is too young to accompany his father, he is old enough to know that everything depends on the fate of those few boats thousands of miles to the north. He is also old enough to feel the tension between his parents over whether he will follow in his father’s footsteps. And old enough to wonder about his mother’s relationship with John Gaunt, owner of the fleet. Then Gaunt dies suddenly, leaving the business in the hands of his son, who seems intent on selling away the fishermen’s livelihood. Soon Cal stumbles on evidence that his father may have taken extreme measures to salvage their way of life. As winter comes on, his suspicions deepening and his moral compass shattered, he is forced to make a terrible choice.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 64573
Title: WHEN CAPTAIN FLINT WAS STILL A GOOD MAN.
Author: Dybek, Nick
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1594488096
ISBN 13: 9781594488092
Publisher: Riverhead Books,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 2012.
Keywords: crab catching, bering sea, coming-of-age story,
Bookseller catalogs: First book or first novel;

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