Last night I finished Ian McGuire's The North Water, which I liked quite a bit. It was very grim, but also beautifully written. It's the story of an ill-fated whaling expedition into the Arctic, featuring, mainly, on Patrick Sumner, the ship's surgeon for the trip, who has a dark past, and Henry Drax, one of the whalers, who has a much darker present. The ending fell apart a little, but, as I am wont to opine, the number of novels with truly great ending you could probably count on two hands. Still, it probably had to end the way it ended, if you wanted to tie things together. I can't imagine the amount of research that McGuire must have done on whaling to provide such an accurate portrayal. Highly recommended.
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