A very scarie book - well for those of us who have to take an overnight ferry to get anywhere.
The language is almost analytical in its detail and the countdown to the end is vry effective in building up some suspence - yet he also manages to have very personal vinigrets of both the passangers and the staff who are part of the story.
The characters that he creates are very effective, I can think of a few people who fit into the catagories that he descriobes.

I would reccomend thisd book for anyone who has worked at sea - but nopt for those of us who are poor passangers