The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy * The Passenger #1

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MS: It is 3 in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the Coast Guard tender into darkness. His divelight illuminates the sunken jet, 9 bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot’s flightbag, the plane’s black box, and the 10th passenger. But how? A collateral witness to machinations that can only bring him harm, Western is shadowed in body and spirit—by men with badges; by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima; and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul. Traversing the American South, from the garrulous barrooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used, see photos. No markings. Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Mystery, Novel, Book New to Poshmark? Save $10 on your first purchase! Use my referral code when you set up your account: bastet44.