Not Wanted On The Voyage
Author: Timothy Findley
Published in 1984, Not Wanted on the Voyage is one of Timothy Findley’s most imaginative and compelling literary fictions. Findley turns to one of our essential myths: the biblical story of the great Flood, but he doesn’t so much retell it as take our common knowledge of the Old Testament tale and give it an extraordinary twist. Here we have Dr. Noah Noyes, diabolical conj….Read More
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