Single-handed sailing circumnavigation, as it was contained within the southern hemisphere; however, he made the first single-handed passage of the three great capes, and indeed the first successful single-handed passage of Cape Horn. With only three landfalls, Vito Dumas described the legs of his trip as the longest that had been made by a single-hander, and in the most ferocious oceans on the Earth. Organised single-handed yacht racing was pioneered by Britons "Blondie" Hasler and Francis Chichester, who conceived the idea of a single-handed race across the Atlantic Ocean. This was a revolutionary concept at the time, as the idea was thought
Single & Single a shrewd businessman, then realized he was involved in black market dealings during World War II. At first Le Carré was simultaneously disgusted and fascinated by his father's criminal side, until he realized that his father was not a "mastermind," but instead a rather pathetic con man. Likewise, Oliver grows up eager to learn the "secret" of his father's success and geniality, but by the end of the novel realizes that his father has no "secret" at all. The Globe and Mail calls "Single and Single" one of le Carré's 'more underrated novels', and praises his depiction of 'the collapse