The Edge of the World

A decommissioned French warship no one wants, a man struggling to find reasons to live, and a hapless UK government that is always three steps behind...

Max Henderson, wealthy and respected owner of Portsmouth's largest shipyard, seems to be cracking up. Drunk and dishevelled, Max is helped off a bridge by police officers in an apparent suicide attempt. And then, in what would seem an act of madness, Max takes personal possession of Jeanne d'Arc, a 42,500-ton decommissioned French aircraft carrier. Max's employees are stunned, the UK government is incensed, the French don't want anything to do with it and a series of events are put in motion which no one may be able to stop.

Compelling, insightful and hilarious... Here is a story steeped in the absurd and yet strangely familiar to anyone who has stood at the edge of human experience.