Ben Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of...
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In 1928, an Italian airship expedition to the North Pole mysteriously disappears. As the standard crew of the airship prepares for an extended stay on the drifting icepack where they've crashed, a dispassionate American newspaper reporter is dispatched to cover the event from aboard a Russian rescue ship.
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