The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm is a nonfiction book by Sebastian Junger, which appeared in English editions by Little Brown and Company, 1997. It deals with the true story of the sinking of the fishing vessel " Andrea Gail " in October 1991.

Content

The book tells the story of the fishing trawler Andrea Gail from Gloucester, who fell in October 1991 in the North Atlantic in an unusually strong storm and has been missing ever since. There were six sailors aboard the ship. Young, in his book the last days of the sailors, as far as searchable, represents the Andrea Gail was leaked to catch swordfish. The author presents first the background of the sailors, the town of Gloucester, the realities and hardships of the sword -fish trawlers and the problems of the swordfish industry Represents the book follows the sailors and their families just before and during the storm. In addition, events of other ships are represented in the storm.

It also represents the variation of the eponymous tower dar. The storm presented so far time is rare, as the remnants of a tropical storm and a hurricane met a polar from the northeast coming storm origin. The storms were united in a single storm, which was accordingly difficult.

Author

The author ( born January 17, 1962 in Belmont, Massachusetts ) lived most of his life on the coast of Massachusetts, where also plays a large part of the plot of the book. He is a freelance journalist who has written for several major magazines. Young spent two years living in Gloucester, to write the book. He has developed the greatest respect for the employees of the fishing industry of Gloucester and their families when writing the book by his own admission.

Filming

The book was made ​​into a film in 2000; the film "The Tempest" (directed by Wolfgang Petersen ) added the book add an emotional framework for action, especially in relation to the final hours of the Andrea Gail, which did not contain the book in this form.