Outerbridge Reach

Outerbridge Reach is a 1992 novel by American novelist Robert Stone.

The novel follows the story of a copywriter who enters an around-the-world solo boat race, and a filmmaker who makes him the subject of a documentary.

[2] In a note from the author that appears in the first few attached pages preceding the work, Stone states as follows: "An episode in the book was suggested by an incident that actually occurred during a circumnavigation race in the mid-1960s.

Outerbridge Reach was a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.

Stone's novel was also a commercial success, spending nine weeks on the bestseller list in its cloth edition.