Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.
''Ed O''Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart. What a magnificent novel'' Ron Rash
''A brilliant paean to the obsessions of the polar explorers . . . stupendously good'' Australian
''Vastly entertaining'' Sunday Times
FROM BOOKER-LONGLISTED ED O''LOUGHLIN: THE PERFECT NOVEL FOR FANS OF AMY SACKVILLE''S THE STILL POINT AND FRANCIS SPUFFORD''S I MAY BE SOME TIME.
It begins with a chance encounter at the top of the world.
Fay Morgan and Nelson Nilsson have each arrived in Inuvik, Canada - 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle - searching for answers about a family member: Nelson for his estranged older brother, Fay for her disappeared grandfather. They soon learn that these two men have an unexpected link - a hidden share in one of the greatest enduring mysteries of polar exploration.
