The Boat Condition:Very Good Speechless and alone

Speechless and alone

You’ll find detailed accounts of every major tourist sight

a group of six shipwrecked children who survived for a year and a half on a deserted island by working together

or a holiday party committee—success by serendipity is already risky enough

The Boat Condition:Very Good Speechless and aloneIn 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. 'The Boat raises the bar for Australian writing.' Peter Craven, Heat 'Nam Le is . . . a disturber of the peace. 'Consider the subjects of his stories a child assassin in Colombia ('Cartagena'), an ageing New York artist desperate for a reconciliation with his daughter