The Last Marlin The Story of a Family at Sea eBook Fred Waitzkin
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The author of Searching for Bobby Fischer tackles his own childhood in this “remarkably ambitious and satisfying memoir” (The New York Times Book Review).
Fred Waitzkin depicted the joys and trials of parenthood with remarkable perception in Searching for Bobby Fischer, the inspiration for the beloved major motion picture. A New York Times Notable Book, The Last Marlin is another sweeping family saga, the tale of an adolescence spent navigating between two very different parents and the discovery of a lifelong passion for deep-sea fishing.
Waitzkin’s father, Abe, is both a prolific salesman—the “Beethoven of fluorescent lighting” in the fifties—and a frail man, driven to succeed despite his declining health, while his mother, Stella, is an eccentric abstract artist, once a student of de Kooning and Hans Hoffman, and a free spirit who resents her husband’s dirty business tactics and conventional notions of success. As their relationship disintegrates, Waitzkin is torn between them.
But soon he finds solace on the ocean. At first, fishing is a way to bond with Abe—and irritate Stella—but over the years it becomes a way of life. From the Long Island Sound to the drug-infested coastline of Bimini and the marlin-rich waters of the Gulf Stream, Waitzkin comes to believe that fishing is the answer to all his problems, even as he starts his own family.
Hailed by Outside magazine as “a graceful father–son memoir that artfully braids rich, disparate strands,” The Last Marlin is a tribute to the open sea, the solitude it provides, and the connections it fosters.
Fred Waitzkin depicted the joys and trials of parenthood with remarkable perception in Searching for Bobby Fischer, the inspiration for the beloved major motion picture. A New York Times Notable Book, The Last Marlin is another sweeping family saga, the tale of an adolescence spent navigating between two very different parents and the discovery of a lifelong passion for deep-sea fishing.
Waitzkin’s father, Abe, is both a prolific salesman—the “Beethoven of fluorescent lighting” in the fifties—and a frail man, driven to succeed despite his declining health, while his mother, Stella, is an eccentric abstract artist, once a student of de Kooning and Hans Hoffman, and a free spirit who resents her husband’s dirty business tactics and conventional notions of success. As their relationship disintegrates, Waitzkin is torn between them.
But soon he finds solace on the ocean. At first, fishing is a way to bond with Abe—and irritate Stella—but over the years it becomes a way of life. From the Long Island Sound to the drug-infested coastline of Bimini and the marlin-rich waters of the Gulf Stream, Waitzkin comes to believe that fishing is the answer to all his problems, even as he starts his own family.
Hailed by Outside magazine as “a graceful father–son memoir that artfully braids rich, disparate strands,” The Last Marlin is a tribute to the open sea, the solitude it provides, and the connections it fosters.
The Last Marlin The Story of a Family at Sea eBook Fred Waitzkin
This is an interesting book....certainly less about fishing and more about one man's journey through life with fishing being the thing that grounds him. I happen to love to fish as well and grew up fishing with my father, however, fishing is the metaphor, not what the book is about, and I suspect others who read this book may have their own recollections of the activities that help shape who they are and perhaps what they still do today.....and occupy so many lasting memories. More than anything else this book may resonate most with others who grew up in "challenging" households. Here you get to know something about the author's eccentric mother....driven father....and troubled brother through a marriage that not surprisingly, dissolves. It may bring back difficult memories for the reader but the book is not written in such a heavy..."whoa is me"...fashion. It moves rather quickly across the years and tribulations where the reader can share the journey....reflect on one's own experiences...and then move on. Its a quick read and I enjoyed it.Product details
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The Last Marlin The Story of a Family at Sea eBook Fred Waitzkin Reviews
As an ardent sport fisherman, I did not expect to find the great read that I did when I picked up "The Last Marlin" in the sportfishing section of our local library. A great autobiography of Waitzkin's growing up within a rather dysfunctional family, with a sportsman's love of his favorite sport (biggame fishing) told first hand from years spent growing up in Bimini on his father's and then later his own boat. Easy read, reads like a novel. I highly recommend for both the fisherman and non-fisherman.
When I first heard of THE LAST MARLIN I thought it was like most fishing books, long and drawn out with no real point. Then I found out it was written by Fred Waitzkin, who also wrote SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISHER, I thought it must be good. How wrong I was. This book has very little to do with fishing and alot to do with Fred Waitzkin telling the story of his (not so) troubled youth. Although the title is somewhat misleading, and this is not the text I imagined it is written well, and has a few pages that will interest fishing enthusiasts. If you want a book on fishing try FISHING'S BEST SHORT STORIES edited by Paul D. Saudohar, or THE HUNGRY OCEAN BY Linda Greenlaw. If a memoir is more to your liking then THE LAST MARLIN might be for you.
This book is beautiful. It transports you back to the 50's and the island of Bimini in days gone by when life was simpler, then sadly reveals how the island slowly becomes corrupted with drug trafficking etc. All the while the author is focused on catching that "Last big one". The author is writing from his own experiences and boy does he have some great experiences to share! I find myself wishing I could be him, on a boat sailing around the Gulf Stream searching for Tuna and Marlin and pulling in hundreds of pounds of fish a day. I only wish the book would have been longer and gone into more depth. Either way it's a great book you won't regret buying and you won't soon forget. I think it's one of those books that will be enjoyable to immerse yourself in for a few days every winter and belongs in any collection of fishing or even ocean and beach lovers library.
I started the book on Friday and finished reading it on Saturday evening. I couldn't put it down. I loved it. I think it is a great book, in the genre of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Tis, but with more depth. It read well, read easy. And yet, it wasn't just about another fictional disfunctional family. It wasn't formulaic. It didn't manifest a protagonist hero overcoming of a difficult history. There wasn't even a clear hero or antihero. It showed a family, a history, that, to some extent or another is a common family, a common history, especially for Jews in America. It's a generational story, a fishing adventure, a history of sportfishing and Bimini and life in the 50s and 60s in New York Jewish society. It's a history of art and jazz and poetry. There is a lot of stuff going on in The Last Marlin. It's an interesting book, not easily put into a classification. It reads like a novel, though it brings to light the oft-quoted phrase that "truth is stranger than fiction." Because it's not fiction, because it's real, the reader will be able to identify with the characters either within us or within our families. Character development, especially of the four leading characters is terrific. Abe, Stella, Bill and Fred are unique characters and all of them, Fred included, are portrayed as seriously neurotic. Each has attractive qualities but each is, to various degrees, self-centered and awful. There is a lot of rage in this book, just like in most families. But most novels don't deal with rage like this, like most people in real life deal with rage. In a novel there would be a murder or rape. In the book, people cope or don't cope as best as they can. They survive, or maybe not, like Bill. I think that is how life is. I would have like to seen Bonnie's character developed more fully. Most readers are going to wonder what the hell she is doing putting up with Fred and the eccentric lifestyle he imposes. A MUST READ!
This is an interesting book....certainly less about fishing and more about one man's journey through life with fishing being the thing that grounds him. I happen to love to fish as well and grew up fishing with my father, however, fishing is the metaphor, not what the book is about, and I suspect others who read this book may have their own recollections of the activities that help shape who they are and perhaps what they still do today.....and occupy so many lasting memories. More than anything else this book may resonate most with others who grew up in "challenging" households. Here you get to know something about the author's eccentric mother....driven father....and troubled brother through a marriage that not surprisingly, dissolves. It may bring back difficult memories for the reader but the book is not written in such a heavy..."whoa is me"...fashion. It moves rather quickly across the years and tribulations where the reader can share the journey....reflect on one's own experiences...and then move on. Its a quick read and I enjoyed it.
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