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by Gideon Defoe (Author) "'The best bit about being a pirate,' said the pirate with gout, 'is the looting.' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix (5 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753818701
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753818701
  • Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 99,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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ESQUIRE (August 2004)
'very funny, very silly and highly original.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'very funny, very silly and highly original.' (ESQUIRE (August 2004) )

'deeply funny...This book has cult smash tattooed all over it.' (Ashley Davies THE LIST (19.8.04) )

'A riotous read.' (Sam Wostear SUN (3.9.04) )

'reads like a cross between My First Pirate Adventure Story and a particularly funny episode of Blackadder.' (Sarah Tierney CITY LIFE (Manchester, 2.9.04) )

'[A] very silly book...The astute reader will have understood by now that pirates are involved. But there are also scientists. And damsels in distress. And an evil genius.' (Nick Chang FOCUS (November 2004) )

'a completely insane story.' (FLIPSIDE (October 2005) **** )

'This charming, original tale will grip you from the first paragraph, and will have you chickling over the pages.' (EVENING EXPRESS (ABERDEEN) 17.9.05 ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Vast Achievement, 8 Sep 2004
This review is from: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (Hardcover)
The best work of comic fiction since, well. Since Terry Pratchett stabbed comic fiction dead, as it was waiting for the night bus home.

A book written so lovingly, and with such a transparent relish for the subject matter, that you'd have to be dry, joyless and some kind of diseased parasite not to enjoy it.

Yes, it uses piratical cliché - but that's all seven seas away from actually being piratically clichéd; the author's knowledge and blatant fondness for this well-worn genre allow him to tinker with, prod at, tweakily subvert and make funny all the things we'd expect of pirates, and without which we'd be confused, and wonder why we were reading a pirate book in the first place.

The author does all this, and never once veers into being smug, or saying "goodness me, look how clever I was there, that was a play on words, I must be wonderful". It's quite simply the most likeable and funny book I've read in my entire, stupid life.

As this book is so short, however, I must insist that the author writes many, many, more of them.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, 3 Aug 2004
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This review is from: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (Hardcover)
The Pirates is a very funny book and you would have to be the Bishop of Oxford not to enjoy it! Plenty of Pirate jokes and Arrrrring but there is also some very funny bits involving Hams, Charles Darwin, Victorian Freak Shows and the Natural History Museum.
I am very much looking forward to the next installment, in which I am hoping that the Pirate Captain will reveal his secret for how he keeps his beard so silky!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A massive surprise, 21 May 2004
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I didn't really expect much from this book, as I'm getting quite sick of comic fiction. But as soon as I started reading I was drawn in by the unique tone that the author has used. 'The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists' tells the story of a crew of hapless pirates on an adventure that takes in Charles Darwin, Victorian London and a 'man-panzee' as well as having fun with the usual pirate clichés. More importantly, it's packed with actual jokes.

It took me a while to get used to the characters (none of the pirates have names!) but when you get into it, the book moves on at a fair pace. It's a bit short, but then it's pretty clear that the author didn't intend to write a pretentious slab of 'proper literature' so much as make the reader laugh. I'd definitely recommend 'The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists' to anyone with a sense of humour and an interest in the development of Darwinism.

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