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2thorold
How about Le Clézio’s The prospector? A complicated, serious novel which is ultimately about a man looking for pirate treasure.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The nautical chart is about people looking for the wreck of a treasure ship. A bit more on the adventure-story side, but still probably doesn’t count as “the obvious”.
Simon Raven wrote several dark, cynical novels with a treasure-hunting theme, e.g. September Castle and The roses of Picardie.
And I’ve always liked Nevil Shute’s The trustee from the toolroom, which is about a retired toolmaker who unexpectedly gets mixed up in an adventure story, recovering some gold that was meant as the heritage of his granddaughter.
Je m’en vais (I’m gone / I’m off) by Jean Echenoz is another unlikely treasure-hunter, a Paris art-dealer looking for a shipwreck in the arctic. This one’s more satirical than adventure story, though.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The nautical chart is about people looking for the wreck of a treasure ship. A bit more on the adventure-story side, but still probably doesn’t count as “the obvious”.
Simon Raven wrote several dark, cynical novels with a treasure-hunting theme, e.g. September Castle and The roses of Picardie.
And I’ve always liked Nevil Shute’s The trustee from the toolroom, which is about a retired toolmaker who unexpectedly gets mixed up in an adventure story, recovering some gold that was meant as the heritage of his granddaughter.
Je m’en vais (I’m gone / I’m off) by Jean Echenoz is another unlikely treasure-hunter, a Paris art-dealer looking for a shipwreck in the arctic. This one’s more satirical than adventure story, though.
3Frank_Zwolinski
>2 thorold: Thank you, I will look for one or two. Do you have any suggestions on quality editions of these?
