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Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk by Francesca de Tores Groundswell Speaker 2024 losses and wondersHow big must a mans folly be, that it can cost him the whole of his life? As big as a ship; as big as an island. 1704: Alexander Selkirk, navigator of a buccaneering ship in the South Pacific Ocean, is abandoned by his crew on a deserted island. An intelligent yet disagreeable man, he surely only has himself to blame for this ignominious fate. It is undoubtedly his unbending inability to compromise or to abate his arrogance that has led to his exile.