About the Book: Twist
A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction from the
New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted
author of Let the Great World Spin
Anthony Fennell, a writer, has travelled to Cape Town with a simple aim: to find
and board the Georges Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by the
mysterious, charismatic Chief of Mission John Conway.
As the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell settles into the
routines and rituals of life out at sea. But as the mission falters, it becomes
clear that Conway is in crisis: and that a terrible, violent tragedy