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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023 B&N Author of the Year)

By David Grann
Hardcover
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By David Grann
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Notes From Your Bookseller

We know you’ve read this one already — but has Dad picked it up? The bestselling book from our 2023 Author of the Year will keep your dad glued to its pages until the wee hours of the morning, imagining himself aboard a ship on the high seas.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture...

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