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Title: Explanation Overides Story
Review: This was not the "white-knuckle adventure" the jacket copy described. The author felt compelled to name and explain too many nautical details. Perhaps, if one has had training in the navy, a maritime academy, or on a fishing vessel, THE PERFECT STORM would be sensible--even exciting. However, I found myself (a true landlubber) silently screaming at Mr. Junger to just get on with it and to forget his esoteric descriptions. In short, this book was cast out to sea long before I completed it.
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