Go to the Widow-Maker

By James Jones and James Jones

Book Overview

A playwright vacationing in Jamaica becomes dangerously obsessed with deep-sea diving Ron Grant is one of the finest playwrights of his generation, second only to Tennessee Williams in pure genius. But success does not mean he feels like a man. On vacation in Jamaica with his mistress, an ice queen who considers him her personal trophy, his thoughts are back in New York City, with a beautiful young girl he met a few days before he left town. As the stress bears down on him, the brilliant playwright goes nearly to pieces before he finds his salvation under water. On his first deep-sea dive, Grant falls in love with the haunting beauty of the reef. He returns as soon as he can, staying longer and swimming deeper until all his problems seep away. But a man can't breathe underwater forever--and his obsession will drive him to take increasing risks that will change his life forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1453218475
• ISBN13: 9781453218471
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
• Length: 750 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

James Jones

Excellent book. Story about a playwrite who becomes obsessed with deep sea diving and the bond he forges with diving instructor at the expense of his wife and friends. His wife is a former call girl who wants to make herself a better life as she tries to change him from wild playboy to respectable husband. The guilt of a past relationship with another female character in the book haunts him. I couldnt put the book down as with all the James Jones books I have read. Not as good as From here to eternity but well worth the read. I would put James Jones as the class of Post WWII American authors.