The Voyage

by Philip Caputo

Book Overview

In the tradition of great seafaring adventures, The Voyage is an intricately plotted, superbly detailed, and gripping story of adventure and courage. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Caputo has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679450394
• ISBN13: 9780679450399
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

ASTOUNDING STORY with an AMAZING twist

The Voyage is an incredible story of three teenage sons sent off by their father on a journey aboard their boat Double Eagle. The Voyage is an astounding tale about life in the early twentieth century, and also an amazing twist awaits the reader in the end. I was enraptured with the author's skill to weave an incredible story. The secrets they discover are told through Sybil the great grand daughter of their father as she discovers what really happened along their journey. All in all The Voyage is easily one of the best books I have read, and should delight you as well.

Voyage Of Life

This is a masterpiece, one of the best action- adventure literary works I've read; so well put together with so many lessons to be considered. Based upon a similar story told to the author, Caputo shows his immense talent by crafting an adventure story that describes the sea and the danger of sailing within a mystery of family relationships.The majority of the story depicts the adventures of the voyage from Maine to the Straits of Florida. The lessons learned by the young sailors are many: involving friendship, sacrifice, love, the adult world traits of treachery and deceit symbolically occuring on the ever-present, ever- changing, unforgiving sea.The epilogue answers the question of why a father would send his young sons away under such challenging and seemingly unfair circumstances. Read this thoughtful, intelligent work. You won"t be disappointed.

The Voyage

This is a wonderful book about sailing,adventure,growing up and reality.I enjoyed the situation;three brothers and a friend on an unthinkable voyage.I enjoyed the journey;the detail of daily life at sea on a fine sailboat.I enjoyed the shocking events;bar thugs,hurricanes,shark attack,the death of a crewmember.I enjoyed the constant unanswered question of why a father would send his sons on such a voyage.And I enjoyed the shocking answer to that question. The author tells a great story and paints a fine picture for the reader.This is special.

gripping

I had never heard of Philip Carputo nor read any reviews of this book, so maybe my lack of expectations justifies what would have been a 4.5 star rating if I could give it. I read copiously and most of what I read comes in and goes out astonishingly quickly. Not so with this novel. As a matter of fact I'm reviewing it after reading other books and I still find it compelling. On the positive side I found character development quite good. It wasn't "in your face" -- it was more hinted at, and after all, that's the way it is in real life. Remember back to your own adolescence and early adulthood and how much your outlook on life and about yourself changed, like it did for Nathaniel and Drew and Will. The plot was marvellous. And I personally found the end wonderful. I'd figured out most of the mysteries by then, but found some of the last-minute answers both believable (how many of us have skeletons in our closets) and satisfying. So many novels just peter out. Not so this one. On the negative side, unlike other reviewers I found the first part dull dull dull. I only persevered because I knew the story would get interesting (the bookjacket gave away too much info in my opinion). I found the structure a bit awkward as well;another reviewer called it artificial, which is an apt description. And all the sailing terms for a non-sailor -- well, just skip over these and you won't lose much (I could've done with some layman's terms for all those boat parts). I can understand why some male reviewers felt some of the story "the stuff of romance novels" but I didn't find that detrimental. I am a woman who loves adventure novels and this one fit the rare double bill of being a ripping good adventure coupled with interesting characters and even a little romance and strong women. I have recommended this book to men and women alike (I only do that with one other novelist) and recommend it to you.

A riveting tale. Awesome!

This is a spectacular book -- both engaging and educational. Beautifully written, the book's characters truly come to life.P.S. Though Caputo's "muscular prose" has often appealed to men, I'm a woman and loved "The Voyage."