Random Passage is a 1992 novel by t was published by It was followed by a sequel, Waiting for Time.It is aabout the inhabitants of Cape Random, a small here survival was dependent on catching and selling fish in exchange for supplies. It is set in colonial Newfoundland over the span of many years.The main characters include Mary "Bundle" Sprig, Lavinia "Vinnie" Andrews and family, Thomas Hutchings, the Vincents, and the Norris family.