{"product_id":"the-plover-paperback","title":"The Plover - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeclan O Donnell has sailed deep into the vast, wild ocean, having had just finally \u003ci\u003eenough\u003c\/i\u003e of other people and their problems. He will go it alone, he will be his own country, he will be beholden to and beloved of no one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the galaxy soon presents him with a string of odd, entertaining, and dangerous passengers, who become companions of every sort and stripe. \u003ci\u003eThe Plover\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of their adventures and misadventures in the immense blue country one of their company calls Pacifica. Hounded by a mysterious enemy, reluctantly acquiring one new resident after another, Declan O Donnell's lonely boat is eventually crammed with humor, argument, tension, and a resident herring gull. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrian Doyle's \u003ci\u003eThe Plover\u003c\/i\u003e is a sea novel, a maritime adventure, the story of a cold man melting, a compendium of small miracles, an elegy to Edmund Burke, a watery quest, a battle at sea---and a rapturous, heartfelt celebration of life's surprising paths, planned and unplanned.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was the longtime editor of \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of \"proems,\" the short story collection \u003ci\u003eBin Laden's Bald Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, the novella \u003ci\u003eCat's Foot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eMink River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMartin Marten\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eHo`olaule`a\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of writing about the Pacific islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle's books have seven times been finalists for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun, The Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in newspapers and magazines around the world, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e (in Australia). His essays have also been reprinted in the annual \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Science \u0026amp; Nature Writing, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong various honors for his work is a Catholic Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, the John Burroughs Award for Nature Essays, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews' \u003c\/i\u003eNovel of the Year award in 2011, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2008 (previous recipients include Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, and Mary Oliver).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772598878496,"sku":"9781250062451","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c039d18e4a80779add470d224c26f96.webp?v=1780409213","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-plover-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}