Passage to Juneau
Raban, Jonathan

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'A moving, complex mosaic of memory, history and adventure'-Sunday Telegraph

Following his dusty travels for Bad Land-described as a 'blazing classic' and whose many prizes included the US National Book Critics Circle Award-Jonathan Raban returns to sea, sailing up the coast of Canada to Juneau in Alaska.

'Most beautifully told, vivid and fresh with observation. It looks like a travel book, but it's much less expected and more troubling than that'-Spectator

'Unlike other travel books this is the genuine article... it is a thrilling adventure'-The Times

'This is an extraordinary book. The voyage itself is fascinating... his observations are of the highest order'-Daily Telegraph

Author Information

Jonathan Raban was born in Norfolk in 1942. He lives in Seattle, and is the author of eight previous novels, Soft City, Arabia, Old Glory, Foreign Land, For Love and Money, Coasting, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, and Bad Land. He has also edited the Oxford Book of the Sea and written a non-fiction book, Passage to Jueau.