Williwaw

A gripping tale of men struggling against nature and themselves, 'Williwaw' was Gore Vidal's first novel, written at the age of nineteen when he was first mate of the US Army freight supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands.

Here he writes of a ship caught playing the lethal, frigid Arctic waters during the storm season. Tensions run high among the edge crew and uneasy passengers even before the cruel wind that gives the book its title suddenly sweeps down from the mountains.

Vividly drawn characters and a compelling murder plot combine to make Williwaw a classic war novel.