# The Boatmaker

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- Book: [The Boatmaker](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-benditt/the-boatmaker) ([The Boatmaker.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-benditt/the-boatmaker.md))
- Authors: [John Benditt](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-benditt)
- Publisher: tin_house
- ISBN: 978-19-3563-998-5
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2015-03-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Longlisted for the 2016 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Part fable, part allegory, The Boatmaker is the haunting and passionate story of a voyage of self-discovery. A fierce and complicated...