From the genre of Conrad, Melville and O’Brian comes an ‘impressive seafaring saga We, the Drowned, which follows four generations of fictional sailors from the Danish author’s island birthplace between the years of 1848 to 1945.

So says Tim Martin in this Saturday’s Financial Times describing the novel by my friend Carsten Jensen as ‘rich, powerful and rewarding.”

Carsten is also the latest recipient of the Olaf Palme Prize, dedicated to the assasinated Swedish prime minister who championed human rights.

TO BUY:

• We, The Drowned — Carsten Jensen
• FTcom Books Fiction We the Drowned