Synopsis

Pressure. An underwater welder on an oil rig off the Nova Scotia coast, Jack is used to the pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. Jack has a strange and mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever!

Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, The Underwater Welder explores fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and truth, and the treasures we all bury deep down inside.

"It's a striking evocation of the Canadian Maritimes, and a moving meditation on what haunts us and how we struggle to keep those specters at bay." - New York Times

Author: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.30h x 6.80w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781603090742

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/23/2012 pg. 41
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 58
Quill & Quire 10/01/2012 pg. 32