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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists (Hardcover)

by Gideon Defoe (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (14 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0297848674
  • ISBN-13: 978-0297848677
  • Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 11.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 102,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A grown-up comedy disguised as a kids' book, the third in Defoe's Pirates! trilogy is culty and very funny. Think Captain Pugwash for a generation that should know better - but doesn't.' (ARENA (October 2006) )

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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists introduced us to the Pirate Captain, his luxuriant beard and his motley crew (including the Albino Pirate, the Pirate with Rickets and the Pirate with a wooden leg - as well as Jennifer, a girl). Since then they have had an adventure with Captain Ahab and an elusive white whale, and gained a cult following in the US and the UK. Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Ardal O'Hanlon and Chris Addison are just some of the fans of the series. And now, the extravagantly-bearded captain and his followers embark on a new adventure, in which they encounter Karl Marx and cancan dancers, valkyries and volcanoes, and try to discover whether ham really could be the opium of the people.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best so far, 27 Oct 2006
By Hippomay (Norfolk UK) - See all my reviews
The pirates! are back, and they have a sponsorship deal. This is the funniest of the pirates books so far. Karl Marx as the rear end of a bear in Wagner opera, this has to make you smile. More please
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, 28 Sep 2006
By E. Luck "plasticjeezus" (Kernow) - See all my reviews
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I've read all three of the Pirates books as soon as they've come out and this is my favourite! I read it cover to cover in one go without putting it down at all. I especially love the completely useless educational footnotes! This is like nothing else, except maybe the other Pirates books, and everyone should read it, now.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars You can tell a book by its cover . . . sometimes, 10 Nov 2006
By Leonard Fleisig "Len" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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So thar I be mindin' me own business in me local bookstore when I come upon a book called "Th' Shipmates in an Adventure Wi' Communists". Actually ye landlubbers would call it "The Pirates! In An Adventure With Communists". I`d nereheard o' such a book or the author, Gideon Defoe, but th' book`s co'er did eyeballtractive so I got ou' some treasure an' bought it. I'm glad I did. Th' sea dogs in an adventure wi' communists be a fun read that called t' mind th' old Monty Python gang.

Th' story takes place in th' 19th century but has a 20th century feel an' sensibility. Th' fearless an' preenin' Shipmate Captain has a loyal crew an' they roam th' se'en seas lookin' fer adventure. Th' fact that the'r adventures be yo ho ho ou' load funny be an added bonus. Th' Captain an' his gang's adventures do read like they be straight ou' o' Monty Python an' when set ou' wi' Defoe's sense o' humor an' arch sense o' irony th' book also has faint echoes o' Terry Pratchett. (This be only th' first Shipmate book by Defoe I've read so th' jury be ou' as t' whether Defoe can keep this up o'er time. So he isn't Pratchett yet, but he's got great potential.)

As th' title suggests, this adventure finds th' Seafarin' heartys meetin' up wi' (in th' 1840s) Karl Marx an' Friedrich Engels in London. 't seems that someone be nay so thrilled wi' Marx's attempts t' ferment revolutionary zeal amongst th' workers o' th' world. Th' Seafarin' hearty Captain, who bears an uncanny resemblance t' Marx gets involved in th' action an' th' next thin' ye know they flee London fer Paris. Thar they find they's self at th' Louvre, Madame Toussaud's waxworks, an' th' Follies Bergere. They also find they's self on th' yardarm o' a Wagnerian opera an' run into Friedrich Nietzsche an' th' assembled crowned heads o' Europe. Events race t' an appropriately humorous climax.

'Tis hard t' describe th' plot an' 'tis probably best t' simply call 't zany. Defoe be a very funny writer an' he actually drops a number o' very funny footnotes throughout th' book that explain some o' th' words, terms, or swabbies he mentions in passin'.

All in all, Th' Seafarin' heartys in an Adventure Wi' Communists will appeal t' young teens an' grownups alike. 'tisn't what I'd call `deep-thought' type fiction but 't be a heck o' a nice way t' spend a couple o' hours on a rainy Saturday afternoon. L. Fleisig
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