The Closed Harbour
General fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Sea stories
Summary
Trapped on shore a captain fights desperately for a place on a ship Once Marius believes the world was wide and the sea was infinite Adventure and profit awaited any man bold enough to step aboard… a ship and cast his lot with the open ocean But those days are gone After a long and undistinguished career Marius s reputation suffers an irreparable blow during the dark days of World War II when he refuses to go down with a sinking ship It is the greatest crime a captain can commit and it dooms him to hell on earth Trapped in Marseilles Marius spends his days begging for a boat and his nights in a bitter alcoholic stupor The ocean has rejected him so fully he thinks that he doubts the waters would even allow him to drown But as Marius learns it s possible for a man to drown on dry land