| <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/039304016x/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link">在线阅读本书</a><br><br><b>the phenomenal bestseller, in its original hardcover edition, soon to be a major motion picture starring george clooney.</b> it was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high--a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." when it struck in october 1991, there was virtually no warning. "she's comm' on, boys, she's comm' on strong, radioed captain billy tyne of the <i>rea gail</i> off the coast of nova scotia, soon afterward the boat its crew of six disappeared without a trace. <p>in a narrative taut with the fury of the elements, sebastian junger takes us deep into the heart of the storm, depicting with vivid detail the courage, terror, awe that surface in such a gale. junger illuminates a world of swordfishermen consumed by the dangerous but lucrative trade of offshore fishing--"a young man's game, a single man's game"-- gives us a glimpse of their lives in the tough fishing port of gloucester, massachusetts; he recreates the last moments of the <i>rea gail</i> crew res the daring high-seas rescues that made heroes of some victims of others; he weaves together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, the cid acs of the people whose lives the storm touched. <p><i>the perfect storm</i> is a real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt air on our tongues a breathless sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understing or control. we know on the strength of this stark compelling journey into the dark heart of nature, what it feels like to drown. |
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