The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's Most Treacherous Stretch of Coast

by Gavin Knight

The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

He catches the stories of a whole community, but especially those still working this last frontier: the Cornish fishermen. These are the dreamers and fighters who every day prepare for battle with the vast grey Atlantic. Cornwall...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784700991
• ISBN13: 9781784700997
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"