The Collector of Lost Things, Jeremy Page
The Collector of Lost Things, Jeremy Page
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The Collector of Lost Things

Author: Jeremy Page

Narrator: Michael Healy

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2013


Synopsis

An arctic adventure story fueled by obsession, passion, and gothic influence, The Collector of Lost Things is a gripping literary suspense novel. The worlds of ocean and ice were meeting in a frontier of rage, as if the earth had torn in two along this line. This was a place, if there ever was a place, where you could disappear The year is 1845, and young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding the remains of the by-now-extinct Great Auk, a large flightless bird of mythical status. Eliot joins a hunting ship, but the crew and the passengers are not what they seem. Caught in the web of relationships on board, Eliot struggles to understand the motivations of the sociopathic Captain Sykes; the silent first mate, French; the flamboyant, laudanum-addicted Bletchley; and most importantly of all, Bletchleys beautiful but strange cousin Clara. As the ship moves further and further into the wilds of the Arctic Sea, Eliot clings to what he believes in, desperate to save Clara but irrevocably drawn back into a past that haunts himand a present that confronts him with myriad dangers.

About Jeremy Page

Jeremy Page’s first novel, Salt, was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book and the Jelf First Novel Award. He grew up in North Norfolk and has worked as a scriptwriter and editor for Film4 and the BBC.


Reviews

The Collector Of Lost Things by Jeremy Page It is 1850, Mr. Saxby has been hired by influential acquaintances to venture out on a merchant ship that makes routine trips to the Arctic to deliver supplies and trade with Esquimaux groups. The purpose for Mr. Saxbys participation is to collect eggs and n......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

This was a really hard book to get through. The book is very well written, but the subject was hard to read. There was a lot of senseless violence/killing towards animals that was unexpected based on the posted summary here. The summary mentions a hunting ship, so one might expect some killing, but......more