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About The Book
So speaks Jeronimus Cornelisz, a thirty-year-old apothecary who transforms before our eyes into a murderous madman.
The Company is a novel based on the 1629 voyage of the Dutch East India Company flagship Batavia, bound for the colonies with a cargo of untold riches. Among the passengers is Cornelisz, a man ousted from polite society by sordid rumors of necromancy. Corrupt to the very marrow of his soul, Cornelisz considers himself God's equal, the rightful heir to gold, silver -- even another man's wife. So twisted is he by lust and greed that he incites a mutiny, running the ship aground on a reef.
All is lost -- the ship is wrecked, its passengers dying, the treasure trashed at the bottom of the sea. "The apothecary will heal us," the survivors pray, believing themselves lucky to be alive. In the name of benevolence, Cornelisz seizes command of their island refuge. The brave castaways stir with hope -- until the killing begins. For forty frenzied days, Cornelisz decides who shall live and who shall die, leaving his victims with just one wish -- that they had gone down with the ship.
Soaked with the blood of the innocent and the wicked, The Company plunges, with the weight of history, deep into the heart of darkness.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 9, 2002)
- Length: 384 pages
- ISBN13: 9780743218405
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Raves and Reviews
Patrick McGrath A compelling and utterly original story of shipwreck, madness and evil, featuring a splendidly ruthless villain. The Company is a fine, dark novel.
People Savagely imagined and lyrically told.
Palm Beach Lord of the Flies was a walk in the park compared to this saga. The Company is so vividly and intimately acquainted with sheer evil that it lures you like the serpent's eye....Artistically excellent and deeply engaging....you practically burn through the final pages.
San Francisco Chronicle A historical thriller of the first rank.
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