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Eggers, Dave 1970-

The captain and the Glory : an entertainment / Dave Eggers ; [illustrations by Nathaniel Russell]. - U.K. : Hamish Hamilton, 2019. - 114 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

The grand ship Glory has been skilfully captained for years, but when its well-loved old skipper decides to step down, a new leader thrusts himself forward and a new era begins. The new Captain is vulgar, bumbling and inexplicably confident. With no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law - nor even, as he has repeatedly remarked, a particular liking for boats - he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain enthralls his passengers- writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria whiteboard, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing anyone who dissatisfies him overboard. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looks without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . .

ISBN: 9780241445952 0241445957

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB9H3677 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019583344 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ship captains--Fiction.
Ships--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Satirical fiction.
Humorous fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6