Set To Sea

A poet is shanghaied and adventures on the high seas in this graphic novel: now in paperback. The central character of Set to Sea is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the seafaring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor’s life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies, but he learns to live—and love—a Conradian life on the sea, all the while writi...