Explosion

By: Jeremy Akerman

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Paperback | 15 October 2023

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216 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.17

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In December, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia suffered the largest human-made explosion before the atomic bomb when two ships, one loaded to the gunwales with munitions, collided in Halifax Harbour. Jeremy Akerman's novel sets the scene through the eyes of admirals and lovers, harbour pilots and telegraphers, those who fought to avert the disaster and those who had no idea what was about to happen to them.

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"Jeremy Akerman's Explosion has the pacing of a thriller movie with a depth of research below the surface. Small details such as Maritime shipping regulations and how Blind Pigs operated are deftly covered but not dwelt on. Akerman has an actor's sense of dramatic tension and this drives the narrative of this extraordinary event in Nova Scotia and world history. It is a remarkable tale of the worst-shooting of looters-and the best-heroism amongst neighbourhoods turned into a wasteland-sides of humanity. I live in Halifax, and found myself days later passing familiar spots, thinking, "Did all that really happen here?"Explosion deserves to be up on the shelf next to Hugh MacLennan's Barometer Rising and Jon Tattrie's Black Snow." -- Ronan O'Driscoll, author of Poor Farm

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