DAVID GRANN is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON was a finalist for the National Book Award and won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is also the author of THE WHITE DARKNESS and the collection THE DEVIL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES. Grann’s investigative reporting has garnered several honors, including a George Polk Award. He lives with his wife and children in New York.
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A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Esquire, BookPage
“The most gripping sea-yarn I’ve read in years….A tour de force of
narrative nonfiction. Mr. Grann’s account show how storytelling,
whether to judges or readers, can shape individual and national
fortunes – as well as our collective memories.”
— Wall Street Journal
“Glorious, steely…a tightly written, relentless, blow-by-blow
account that is hard to put down” — The Washington Post
“As much a rousing adventure as an exploration of the power of
narratives to shape our perception of reality.” — The New
York Times
“Propulsive….finely-detailed…a ripping yarn…remarkable.” — The
Boston Globe
“David Grann's latest work of narrative nonfiction, The
Wager, is part Robinson Crusoe, part Lord of the
Flies... Gripping” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR (Top 10 Book of 2023)
“Riveting...The Wager reads like a thriller, tackling a
multilayered history—and imperialism—with gusto.” — Time
Magazine
“The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail…He fixes his
spyglass on the ravages of empire, of racism, of bureaucratic
indifference and raw greed…one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve
ever read.” — The Guardian (UK)
“The story of the shipwreck and its aftermath features
scenery-chewing characters, unexpected twists and an almost
unimaginable amount of human misery. Grann, the author of the
acclaimed “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells it with style. He
manages to wring maximum drama out of the events and sketch out
nuanced portraits of key players on the doomed ship."
— Associated Press
“His dogged search through ships’ logs and other contemporaneous
accounts of the disaster and its mutinous aftermath has turned up
the kind of sterling details that make his writing sing; he is also
interested in the way these events were recorded and then
recounted, with many different people trying to shape the memory of
what happened. Grann simultaneously reconstructs history while
telling a tale that is as propulsive and adventure-filled as any
potboiler.”
— The Atlantic
"A genre-defying literary naval-history thriller, part Master
and Commander, part Lord of the Flies" — Vanity Fair
"One of our finest nonfiction storytellers returns with a
swashbuckling epic about shipwreck, scandal, mutiny, and murder" —
Esquire
“A thrilling account…dramatic and engrossing.” — The Economist
“This astonishing tale of maritime warfare, mutiny and survival in
the 18th-century Atlantic proves that a nonfiction book can be as
thrilling as any summer blockbuster.”
— People
"The Wager" is a soaring literary accomplishment and seductive
adventure tale… enthralling, seamlessly crafted… ‘The Wager’ then,
is an accomplishment as vividly realized and ingeniously
constructed as Grann's previous work, on par with Jon Krakauer's
Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm. Welcome a
classic.”
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Gripping … Combining impeccable research with exceptional
storytelling powers, [Grann] spirits the reader aboard a creaking
wooden ship trapped at the eye of a howling storm… No book that
you’re likely to read either this year or next will prove more
dramatic and enthralling than Grann’s magnificent story of life
both at sea and out on the desolate, mist-laden island whose
solitary peak the Wager’s unfortunate crew aptly named Mount
Misery” — Financial Times
“A masterclass in story-telling…With a series of twists and turns
worthy of a well-plotted thriller, the author of ‘Killers of the
Flower Moon,’ uncovers an epic sea-faring tale…Epic true story as
told by a master… David Grann has produced this riveting book…with
the artistry of a superb novelist.” — The Toronto Star
“[Grann’s] meticulously researched stories, with their spare,
simmering setups that almost always deliver stunning payoffs, have
made him one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers
working today…[Grann] has mastered a streamlined, propulsive type
of narrative that readers devour for its hide-and-seek
reveals…David’s stuff reads like literature, but every detail,
every quote, every seemingly implausible glimpse into a subject’s
mind is accounted for”
— New York Magazine
“Your favorite writer’s favorite writer for decades…David Grann is
poised to become the moment’s leading storyteller... [Grann]
specializes in gripping historical chronicles and crime stories…so
rich in intrigue that they would strain credulity in
fiction…[Grann’s] become one of our culture’s leading sources of
holy s**t page-turners.” — GQ
“David Grann is one of the premier nonfiction storytellers of our
time…Grann’s masterful new book…is at once an adventure on the high
seas, a horror story, and a courtroom drama — a little bit Rashomon
meets Lord of the Flies.” — Rolling Stone
“Not just a good but a great story, fraught with duplicity, terror
and occasional heroism… the story of the Wager is, like many of its
antecedents — from Homer’s “Odyssey” to “Mutiny on the Bounty” — a
testament to the depths of human depravity and the heights of human
endurance, and you can’t ask for better than that from a
story...The Wager will keep you in its grip to its head-scratching,
improbable end.” — Los Angeles Times
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