Mr. Bacigalupi’s description of a future Gulf Coast region ravaged by a once oil-addicted society provides the base for the compelling story centered on Nailer, a teenage boy on the “have not” side of an abysmal economic divide. Nailer scrapes a living together as part of a crew that scavenges copper wire and other scrap within the rusting husks of ships from the oil-hungry past. It’s deadly work for little pay, but Nailer worries about this livelihood disappearing as soon as he grows too big to navigate the narrow ducts and passageways where he finds “scavenge”. Yet even in this wasteland, friendship and trust, and some good luck, make way for hope.
Ship Breaker presents several challenging and, I would say, timely themes in a way that may be provocative, but is not pedantic.
Ship Breaker presents several challenging and, I would say, timely themes in a way that may be provocative, but is not pedantic.
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