The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan - by Robert Hough (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A rollicking tale of friendship and betrayal by critically acclaimed novelist Robert Hough <p/>The year is 1664, and Benny Wand, a young thief and board game hustler, is arrested in London for illegal gaming. Deported to the city of Port Royal, Jamaica -- known as "the wickedest city on earth" -- Wand is forced by his depleted circumstances to join a raid on the Spanish city of Villahermosa. <p/>The mission is a perilous success, and Wand attracts the attention of the mission's leader, an up-and-coming Welsh seaman, Captain Henry Morgan, whose raids on Spanish strongholds are funded by the British government. <p/>While embarking on a campaign in the Caribbean, Morgan forms an unlikely friendship with Wand through their shared love of chess. Yet as Morgan becomes morally corrupted by the increasingly sordid attacks, he slowly transforms into Wand's greatest enemy. To defeat his former ally, Wand embarks on a strategic battle of wits with Morgan, only to discover that if he wants to break free of his friend, he's going to have to help him in the most savage and unexpected way possible. <p/>Bawdy, philosophical, and darkly humorous, <i>The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan</i> is storytelling at it's best.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Hough's latest is a genuine pleasure to read, and to be taken in by" -- <i>National Post</i> <p/>"<i>The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan</i> is Hough's most amiable book, its prose moving along like a perfectly rigged sloop-of-war." -- <i>Globe and Mail</i> <p/>". . . a novel packed with rip-roaring adventure and the presence of the real-life Welsh-born privateer." -- <i>Toronto Star</i> <p/>"<i>The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan</i> is notable for presenting "the wickedest city on Earth" with a documentary-like sense of place... The deft conjuring of this world, including a visceral description of Morgan's attack on a Spanish fort, is the novel's greatest strength." -- <i>Quill and Quire</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Robert Hough's</b> novels have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His most recent novel, Dr. Brinkley's Tower, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in Toronto.<br>
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