It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high-a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control.

Winner of the American Library Association's 1998 Alex Award.

About the Author
Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, A Death in Belmont, Fire, War, Tribe, and Freedom. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.

Reviews
"Thrilling...even if you have never been to sea, Junger's account will put the frighteners on you." -- New York Times Book Review
"Guaranteed to blow readers away...A+." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A superb book." -- Washington Post
"[A] white-knuckle chronicle...[A] true adventure story." -- Newsweek
"Every boater is drawn to storm-at-sea stories, and this one beats them all." -- Philadelphia Inquirer
"Rich, compassionate characterization, as well as taut, suspenseful prose. A tale that doesn't skimp on facts, yet keeps you turning pages from beginning to end." -- Seattle Times
"Riveting...The natural upheaval holds center stage and acts as a character, but the story converges upon human beings-in this case, the six-man crew of the doomed Gloucester swordfishing boat Andrea Gail." -- Boston Globe
"Harrowing, relentless...and thoroughly enjoyable." -- Kansas City Star
"The pages of this book crunch with salt." -- Boating
"A terrifying, edifying read...Readers...are first seduced into caring for the book's doomed characters, then compelled to watch them carried into the jaws of a meteorological hell. Junger's compassionate, intelligent voice instructs us effortlessly on the sea life of the sword-fisherman, the physics of a sinking steel ship, and the details of death by drowning." -- Dava Sobel
"One reads with the most intense concern, anxiety and concentration; and if one knows anything at all about the sea one feels the absolutely enormous strength of the hurricane winds and the incredibly towering mass of the hundred-foot waves." -- Patrick O'Brian


Awards
Joint winner of Alex Award 1998.



Book Information
ISBN 9780393337013
Author Sebastian Junger
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 205g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 18mm