The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-
Reverte
A Novel That Deserves More Than Five Stars.
A treasure hunt for a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates off the coast of Spain is
the plot on which Perez-Revertes new novel turns, but a love story is the
real heart of this nicely crafted, carefully told adventure. A suspended
sailor happens on a maritime auction in Barcelona, where he meets the
beautiful Tanger Soto, a museum curator whose winning bid buys her a
17th-century atlas that may reveal the final resting place of the Dei Gloria.
Coy, the sailor, is totally smitten, so its no surprise that he signs on to
help Tanger track the sunken ship to its grave in waters hes sailed since
childhood. Enlisting the aid of a diver friend, Coy and Tanger stay a few
steps ahead of the crooked salvagers whove been trying to get the atlas,
outmaneuvering the attempts on their lives and the efforts to keep them
from the treasure. Perez-Reverte (The Fencing Master, The Club Dumas)
is better at plumbing the mysteries of the human heart than those of the
sea, but The Nautical Chart manages to combine history, suspense, and

obsessive love in a slow-paced but ultimately engrossing read. --Jane
Adams
Personal Review: The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Forget the sunken ship, the treasure, the literary allusions, and all the rest.
What is left is the description of an intense obsession and fierce longing for
the unobtainable. And it is beautifully written. If you have ever fallen for
someone so hard you built a pedestal that kept him or her just out of your
grasp, this brilliant novel will bring those memories home in a wonderful
way. I cannot say enough about this powerful, evocative novel. Far and
away Perez-Reverte's best writing (certainly the translator must take some
of the credit for this as well). Don't worry about the well-worn story and
cliché; read this novel to bask in the glow of the pursuit of the unattainable.
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