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A Boat Off the Coast by Stephen Dobyns is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Boat Off the Coast about?
In high school Brian had always thought Tucker a hero a little wild, great at football, always fun. Fifteen years later Brian is married, a supervisor at a chicken factory, and a daily lobster fisherman off the coast of Maine. Tucker, back from Vietnam, has also married; but his "heroism" is seen through by Brian's wife, Margaret. The two young men get involved in cocaine smuggling, Margaret's sister is conquered by Tucker, and all hell breaks loose when Tucker tries to cheat the suppliers.
Who reads A Boat Off the Coast?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Stephen Dobyns
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140100471
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.36 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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