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Hy Brasil : a novel by Margaret Elphinstone is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Hy Brasil : a novel about?

After fraudulently winning a writing competition, Sidony Redruth is sent by her editor to write the first-ever travel book on Hy Brasil, a near-mythical island somewhere in the Atlantic, whose very existence has been a matter of debate as late as the nineteenth century. Elphinstone's plot takes the island location as its starting point, throws in some old-fashioned piracy, a lost treasure, modern-day drug smuggling, political intrigue, an active volcano and a tragic love affair. Told through Sidony's notes for her book, Hy Brasil has all the elements of an adult adventure story, but it is also a contemporary thriller with literary influences ranging from The Tempest and Treasure Island to Moby-Dick.

Author

Margaret Elphinstone

Publisher

Canongate Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781841954110

Subjects

Adventure, Fiction, Thriller