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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780593700952
- Book Title
- Submersed : Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Nature, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Murder / General, Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593700953
ISBN-13
9780593700952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19071779925
Product Key Features
Book Title
Submersed : Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Murder / General, Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas
Genre
Nature, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-026052
Reviews
"Matthew Gavin Frank is a master storyteller. A poetic true-crime cousin of Truman Capote's classic In Cold Blood, Submersed navigates the horrific murder of journalist Kim Wall, the eccentric culture of the DIY submersible community, and our human relationship to large bodies of water. Believe me, you won't be able to put this book down until you arrive at the very last page. It's stunning, commanding, and haunting all at once." --S. Kirk Walsh, nationally bestselling author of The Elephant of Belfast, "Matthew Gavin Frank is a master storyteller. A poetic true-crime cousin of Truman Capote's classic In Cold Blood, Submersed navigates the horrific murder of journalist Kim Wall, the eccentric culture of the DIY submersible community, and our human relationship to large bodies of water. Believe me, you won't be able to put this book down until you arrive at the very last page. It's stunning, commanding, and haunting all at once." --S. Kirk Walsh, nationally bestselling author of The Elephant of Belfast "From the DIY pop-up postindustrial steampunk shipyards of Denmark to misogyny and murder, Matthew Gavin Frank is a furnace of intelligence and curiosity. Plumbing the depths and heights of the sea and the human condition, Submersed is an environmental story about obsession and desire, including Frank's own, where he becomes embedded in the oceanic kelp of cultural complexities and complicated lives. Radiant, dark, elegant, perceptive, Submersed reveals how external landscapes affect our internal ones." --Kerri Arsenault, author of Mill Town, "A strange and beautiful journey into the depths--literally--of obsession and intrigue at the edge of the known world." --Jonathan Meiburg, author of A Most Remarkable Creature " Submersed might be the scariest book I've ever read: I can feel little bubbles of panic float up in me if I just imagine stepping onto an amateur submarine. But I'll follow an essayist like Matthew Gavin Frank anywhere, and he's crafted an exceptional journey into the down deep, beautifully examining 'the nagging drive to embed the body into a balloon-like enclosure and float alongside the fishes.' Reading this book, I felt rearranged at an atomic level. What a gift." --Kristen Radtke, author of Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness " Submersed is a dizzying and riveting descent into obsession, toxic masculinity, and the irresistible desire to reach new depths or tell a good story. Matthew Gavin Frank plunges far beneath the surface to observe the best and worst of humanity. A work of narrative nonfiction that is as astonishing as diaphanous sea creatures. One of the best books I've ever read." --Michele Filgate, editor of What My Father and I Don't Talk About "Matthew Gavin Frank is a master storyteller. A poetic true-crime cousin of Truman Capote's classic In Cold Blood, Submersed navigates the horrific murder of journalist Kim Wall, the eccentric culture of the DIY submersible community, and our human relationship to large bodies of water. Believe me, you won't be able to put this book down until you arrive at the very last page. It's stunning, commanding, and haunting all at once." --S. Kirk Walsh, nationally bestselling author of The Elephant of Belfast "From the DIY pop-up postindustrial steampunk shipyards of Denmark to misogyny and murder, Matthew Gavin Frank is a furnace of intelligence and curiosity. Plumbing the depths and heights of the sea and the human condition, Submersed is an environmental story about obsession and desire, including Frank's own, where he becomes embedded in the oceanic kelp of cultural complexities and complicated lives. Radiant, dark, elegant, perceptive, Submersed reveals how external landscapes affect our internal ones." --Kerri Arsenault, author of Mill Town
Synopsis
An exquisite, lyrical foray into the world of deep-sea divers, the obsession and madness that oceans inspire in us, and the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall--a captivating blend of literary prose, science writing, and true crime "[A] thrilling study of an obsession--to sink below the surface, to depths both metaphoric and in fact. Full of wild characters and strange histories, by the end we are convinced, in no small part by the beauty of [Frank's] language, that this is one of the most important stories ever told."--Nick Flynn, author of This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire Submersed begins with an investigation into the beguiling subculture of DIY submersible obsessives: men and women--but mostly men--who are so compelled to sink into the deep sea that they become amateur backyard submarine-builders. Should they succeed in fashioning a craft in their garage or driveway and set sail, they do so at great personal risk--as the 2023 fatal implosion of Stockton Rush's much more highly funded submarine, Titan , proved to the world. Matthew Gavin Frank explores the origins of the human compulsion to sink to depth, from the diving bells of Aristotle and Alexander the Great to the Confederate H. L. Hunley , which became the first submersible to sink an enemy warship before itself being sunk during the Civil War. The deeper he plunges, however, the more the obsession seems to dovetail with more threatening traits. Following the grisly murder of journalist Kim Wall at the hands of eccentric entrepreneur Peter Madsen aboard his DIY midget submarine, Frank finds himself reckoning with obsession's darkest extremes. Weaving together elements of true crime, the strange history of the submarine, the mythology of the deep sea, and the physical and mental side effects of sinking to great depth, Frank attempts to get to the bottom of this niche compulsion to chase the extreme in our planet's bodies of water and in our own bodies. What he comes to discover, and interrogate, are the odd and unexpected overlaps between the unquenchable human desire to descend into deep water, and a penchant for unspeakable violence.
LC Classification Number
HV6535.D4F73 2025
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- c***m (431)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAAA+++; Excellent Service; Great Pricing; Fast Delivery-Faster Than Expected to Hawaii using free shipping USPS Ground Mail, Received 06/18; Paperback book in Great Condition as Described ; TLC Packaging; Excellent Seller Communication, Sends updates . Highly Recommended!, Thank you very much!Jesse Livermore's Two Books of Market Wisdom: Reminiscences of a Stock Operat... (#356784261477)
- n***m (111)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGood price for the book. Shipping was slow. Messaged the seller a week after I ordered it to see when they were going to ship it. They responded immediately and said it would be shipped out soon. Got it about a week later. Book did arrive in the date range that they provided though  Minimal packaging. Book is Shrink wrapped and only wrapped in thin plastic. No bubble wrap. Book is in good shape though. 
- v***v (97)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping took almost 2 weeks but the book arrived brand new and as listed. Was shipped in a plastic mailer with no protection but I got lucky it seems as the book suffered no damage in the shipping. Regardless, I recommend the seller, book was as described and brand new! Thank you so much!True Soldier Gentlemen, Paperback by Goldsworthy, Adrian, Brand New, Free shi... (#388332578464)