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The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea

The World of Slavery at Sea - A Graphic Memoir

ISBN-13: 9781609806026

Contributor(s): Prum Vannak (author), Ben Pederick (author), Jocelyn Pederick (author)

Subjects: Graphic Novels: General

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Publisher Imprint: Seven Stories Press

Publication Date: 26-06-2018

Format: Hardback

Availability: In stock

£19.99

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About the book

Too poor to pay his pregnant wife's hospital bill, Prum Vannak left his village in Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Men who appeared to be employers on a fishing vessel promised to return him home after a few months at sea, but instead Vannak was held hostage on the vessel for four years of hard labour. Amid violence and cruelty, including frequent beheadings, Vannak survived in large part by honing his ability to tattoo his shipmates - a skill he possessed despite never having been trained in art. He documented his ordeal in raw illustrations seen here alongside his story.

The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea

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