Blowout

by Robert DeMaria

A rich oil family build a giant platform to drill for oil off Long Island. Environmentalists demonstrate against the risks of blowouts, spills, and fires. All this is a background for a complicated human drama, a failed marriage, a love affair, a dominant father and his children and eventually, violence and destruction. A look into the world of big oil and its battle with environmentalists.

432 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1979

About the author

Robert DeMaria was a novelist, editor, and educator known for his work in fiction and literary publishing. He taught at the University of Oregon, Hofstra College, and Dowling College, and served as editor for Macmillan and Dean of Faculty at the New School for Social Research. His novels include A Carnival of Angels (1961), Clodia (1965), and Don Juan in Lourdes (1966). In 1964 he relocated to Deia, Mallorca, where he founded the Mediterranean Institute and the Mediterranean Review, fostering connections with prominent writers.