Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn

Twenty-year-old James Pfeiffer faces physical danger during his work on a scallop trawler, while challenging his fisherman father's wish that he make something better of himself. ``Watkins's spare, whittled-down prose does not buoy up the action, but readers will savor the realistic evocations of life at sea and the portrayal of a particular maritime subculture,'' said PW. (Feb.)