Publisher's Synopsis
From Fulbright journalist and author of Sweetness and Blood, Michael Scott Moore, comes a harrowing, revelatory and sometimes humorous account of the authors 977 days held captive by Somali pirates. Emotional and elucidating by turns, The Desert and the Sea blends personal narrative with rigorous journalistic investigation into the absurd and terrifying reality of piracy and hostage-taking and the costs of survival. Think: Captain Phillips meets Joseph Hellers Catch-22.