Anthony Ferrell, and Irish journalist and playwright, alcoholic and absentee father, has been asked to write an article the underwater cables that are necessary for all of our telecommunication systems. When several of these cables break off the coast of Africa, Ferrell boards a ship to write an article about it, knowing he may spend months on this boat. The most intriguing person on the ship is John Conway, a fellow Irishman, a deep sea diver who has literally been all over the world, and captain of the ship. Before boarding the ship, Ferrell meets Conway’s partner who is South African, ecologically minded and about to become a famous actress.

When I finished Twist. I kept wondering what is this novel was really about. Even the title is not as simple as it seems. I admire books that are more than the narrative, and Twist is certainly that.