- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Summersdale Publishers (31 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840242345
- ISBN-13: 978-1840242348
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Pete McCarthy author of McCarthy's Bar
A very funny book that will make you glad you've never been in a confined space with a merchant seaman.
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Hilarious and often bizarre.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read a lot of humorous literature and I have to say without exaggeration that this has got to be the funniest new writer of the century and the first writer for a long time to show genuine ability to rival a Clive James or a Jerome K Jerome (clearly an influence).
If this book doesn't make you laugh out loud, you need a humour transplant!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a fantastic read! I really couldn't put it down, and - like all the other reviewers - often laughed out loud. One hilarious episode follows another, right up to the strangely moving ending.
Windy writes very clearly. He has a superb eye for characterisation, and an ability to bring out the humour in any situation. Mind you, the situations he describes are so inherently side-splitting that all he has to do is describe them. It's just as well that he starts the book with a discourse on the malleable nature of The Truth.
There is some strong language (don't let your children read it), but on the whole it helps to build up the atmosphere.
Some of his characters and sentences will live on in your memory. My own favorite is "NotNorman was definitely NotHimself."
It's well worth buying - you'll read it many times.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though it might be considered a little blokey in its theme. I had heard some of the stories before as I knew the author sometime ago but they were even funnier, sadder and more terrifying (swimming in the tunnel) on the page. A good but very quick read!
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One of the truly funniest books I have ever encountered
I was given this book as a free gift, and just started flicking through it. I was hooked from the first page. Windy B. Read more
Published 5 months ago by imago
Excellent Book but beware....
It is an excellent book about a naive 16 year old who joints the Merchant Marine on a rather dilapidated cargo ship. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Coffee Drinker
Brillinat & True
Having been through a few similar escapades at sea as the author I can safely say that it is the best and funniest book I have read in a long time. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by A. G. Soper
This is the real thing!
I'd always thought there must be a great book to be written about life as a merchant seaman. And here it is. And written by a guy who really knows how to write! Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2003
The Hilarious, Frightening World of Merchant Seamen!
This book is devastatingly funny! I have never read a book so fast, and once finished I was immediately re-reading my favourite parts. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2002 by Sean
Don't fail to read this!
I read this on holiday and received many strange looks and comments from my family as I frequently laughed out aloud while reading this book. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2002 by J. Falk
A laugh-out-loud, page-turner of a blokey boaty book
I loved this book! It's a real page turner, and made me laugh out loud a lot. Actually I read the last few chapters when I was quite drunk, which helped get into the general swing... Read more
Published on 10 July 2002 by Toby Champion
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