Outerbridge Reach

First edition (publ. Ticknor & Fields)

Outerbridge Reach is a 1992 novel by American novelist Robert Stone. It was his fifth published novel.

Plot

The novel follows the story of a copywriter who enters an around-the-world solo boat race.^[1]

Achievements

Awards and honors

Outerbridge Reach is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.^[1]

Commercial success

Stone's novel also achieved status as a commercial success, spending nine weeks on the bestseller list in its cloth edition.^[1]

References

Works by Robert Stone Novels A Hall of Mirrors (1966) Dog Soldiers (1974) A Flag for Sunrise (1981) Children of Light (1986) Outerbridge Reach (1992) Damascus Gate (1998) Bay of Souls (2003) Death of the Black-Haired Girl (2013) Short story collections Bear and His Daughter (1997) Fun with Problems (2010) Nonfiction Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties (2007) The Best American Short Stories 1992 (editor, 1992) Screenplays WUSA (1970) Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)