London: Century Hutchinson, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true first printing of Watkin's second book, the story of a young man growing up in a family who worked fishing boats of the coast of New England for generations and who has the lure of the sea in his blood, despite the brutality and treacherousness of this life. Watkins spent several seasons working on trawlers himself. INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted collector Larry Owens. Winner of the Encore Prize. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-091739144.