Galveston (Quarrington novel)
Hardback) | |
| Pages | 256 pp |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | The Spirit Cabinet |
| Followed by | The Ravine |
Galveston, also published as Storm Chasers in the United States, is a novel by Canadian writer
Random House Canada.[1] The novel centres on a group of storm chasers who have gathered at a seaside hotel on Dampier Cay in the Caribbean Sea
to await the arrival of Hurricane Claire.
The primary characters are Caldwell and Beverly, who are each haunted by storm-related personal losses and share a historical obsession with the
pirates who first populated the island, and has his own obsession with the weather as hurricanes hit on both of the only two occasions in his entire life that he has ever left the island.[1]
Supporting characters include Jimmy Newton, who runs a storm chasing website and plans to stream live video of Hurricane Claire on the internet,[2] Polly Greenwich, Maywell's common-law wife and the proprietor of the hotel, and Lester Vaughan, the hotel's alcoholic handyman.[2]
The novel was a shortlisted nominee for the 2004 Giller Prize.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Man vs. Inner Nature". Ottawa Citizen, May 16, 2004.
- ^ a b c "Stormy tale holds moments of clarity". Calgary Herald, May 15, 2004.
- ^ "Alice Munro, Miriam Toews, Wayson Choy among authors on this year's Giller short list". Telegraph-Journal, October 11, 2004.