The Passenger
Profound
Pretentious
Depressing

The Passenger

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates the sunken jet, nine 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 tenth 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 bar rooms 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.
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Cody Degen@codydegen
2 stars
Jan 12, 2024
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Joey Baker@brianjacquesoff
4 stars
Feb 12, 2023
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Lorenzo Caputo@lcaputo
3 stars
Feb 25, 2024
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Jacob Lindblad@jacoblindblad
4 stars
Aug 4, 2023
Dark
Profound
Ambitious
Depressing
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Stuart Romanek@stu
4 stars
Jun 30, 2023
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Marsh@marshkrueger
3 stars
Apr 5, 2023
Obnoxious
Pretentious
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Lindsay@schnurln
2.5 stars
Dec 3, 2022
Erratic
Pretentious
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Anna @berthamason
5 stars
Jan 8, 2024
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Aidan@aidan
1 star
Dec 28, 2023
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Kyle Curry@kcurry24
4 stars
Nov 22, 2023
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Marisa N@marisannrn
3 stars
May 4, 2023
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Michael Springer@djinn-n-juice
4 stars
May 1, 2023
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Tanlyn Roelofs@tanroe
4 stars
Apr 26, 2023
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3 stars
Jan 3, 2023

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