A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Fast-paced [and] riveting . . . Stone is one of our transcendently great American novelists." — Madison Smartt Bell"Brilliant." — Washington PostAt an elite college ...

In this towering story about a man pitting himself against the sea, against society, and against himself, Robert Stone again demonstrates that he is 'one of the most impressive novelists of his generation' (New York Review of Books). ...

In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse thinks he'll find action - and profit - by getting involved in a big-time drug deal. But back in the States, things go horribly wrong for...