Commodore's Barge is Alongside (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Max is back! After a Lusty Winter in Ontario, Canada's hearty humorist returns to the prairies with a naval spoof that's awash with nautical nonsense.
The time is early in the Second World War, the setting is Wabagoon, Saskatchewan, and the "ship" is a...
The time is early in the Second World War, the setting is Wabagoon, Saskatchewan, and the "ship" is a...
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Max is back! After a Lusty Winter in Ontario, Canada's hearty humorist returns to the prairies with a naval spoof that's awash with nautical nonsense.
The time is early in the Second World War, the setting is Wabagoon, Saskatchewan, and the "ship" is a converted garage, christened hmcs Porpoise and used for the training of local navy recruits. And when the Porpoise weighs anchor in the Canadian dustbowl, the navy insists that sand is water, windows are portholes, and floors are decks.
In the midst of it all - and very much at sea - is Robin Evelyn Francis Diespecker, familiarly known as "Dink". A young, brash, impetuous boy, eager for adventure, Dink joins the war to get away from home and the Great Depression. But the "war," as embodied on board the Porpoise, gives him both more and less than he bargained for, as one misadventure follows another.
The people he meets and the exploits he survives - both "ashore" and "on board" - are rendered with the master touch of Max Braithwaite, whose wry humorous vision keeps a salvo of satire and comic escapades right on target all the way through. A riotous romp with a poignant edge, Braithwaite's newest novel makes a mockery of war and finds fathoms of fun in human foibles.
The time is early in the Second World War, the setting is Wabagoon, Saskatchewan, and the "ship" is a converted garage, christened hmcs Porpoise and used for the training of local navy recruits. And when the Porpoise weighs anchor in the Canadian dustbowl, the navy insists that sand is water, windows are portholes, and floors are decks.
In the midst of it all - and very much at sea - is Robin Evelyn Francis Diespecker, familiarly known as "Dink". A young, brash, impetuous boy, eager for adventure, Dink joins the war to get away from home and the Great Depression. But the "war," as embodied on board the Porpoise, gives him both more and less than he bargained for, as one misadventure follows another.
The people he meets and the exploits he survives - both "ashore" and "on board" - are rendered with the master touch of Max Braithwaite, whose wry humorous vision keeps a salvo of satire and comic escapades right on target all the way through. A riotous romp with a poignant edge, Braithwaite's newest novel makes a mockery of war and finds fathoms of fun in human foibles.
Autoren-Porträt von Max Braithwaite
MAX BRAITHWAITE is one of Canada's most successful and widely published authors. Born in Saskatchewan, he taught in the prairies during the Depression, and served in r.c.n.v.r. during the Second World War. Since becoming a full-time writer, he has written hundreds of magazine articles and radio scripts, dozens of TV and movie pieces, and over a score of books. His radio series, Voices of the Wild, ran for seventeen years. One of his most successful novels, Why Shoot the Teacher, was made into a critically acclaimed film in 1977. Other literary triumphs by Max Braithwaite include Never Sleep Three in a Bed (1969), and The Night We Stole the Mountie's Car (1972), which won the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Max Braithwaite
- 2012, 192 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: McClelland & Stewart
- ISBN-10: 1551996405
- ISBN-13: 9781551996400
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.07.2012
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