Sebastian Junger attended Wesleyan University, where he studied cultural anthropology. He struggled for many years as a writer while holding down low-paying, low-prestige jobs waiting on tables, working in construction, and cutting down trees in people's backyards. The germ for what was to become THE PERFECT STORM was a newspaper article about a fishing boat disaster. Junger wrote an outline which he showed to publishers, reportedly receiving a $35,000 advance. THE PERFECT STORM was on the New Y more...
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We read this in our bookgroup in February 2009. With the caveat of rough language and lifestyle, this is an intriguing read. I liked the side story just as much as the main one of the Andrea Gail. The rescue mission and then the rescue mission of them! Good writing!