Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and The Sea. New York, , 2014.

The story plays out over three or four nights, and the entire plot revolves around a Cuban fisherman’s capture of a marlin, that large wonderous, spear-snouted migratory fish that favours the open sea. It really is as simple as that, yet in Hemingway’s capable hands, there’s an element of excitement that had me furiously turning the pages, eager to find out what was going to happen next: would Santiago, the fisherman, succeed or would the injuries he sustained to his hands and back mean the marlin would get away?