The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab

by Gideon Defoe

Book Overview

They're back The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet. Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375423850
• ISBN13: 9780375423857
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

a good time

This book was so much fun to read I almost found myself recommending it to strangers. If you like weird nonsensical humor then you will love this book.

Here be Pyrates

Belay your search for a salty tale and batten on to this slender tome! The Pirate Captain takes his descriptively named crew on a rousing adventure for the elusive White Whale, encountering the infamous Black Bellamy and Captain Ahab along the way. Written in the best homage to Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance", this series continues to delight and titillate the salty senses of the sea-faring soul. Practice reading in an authentic pirate voice, and have some cured ham handy for snacking.

Pirates!!!!

I loved both this book and Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists. Gideon Defoe is probably my new favorite author and had he written the book to impress me, it probably would have worked. But then, I'm a sucker for pirates and hilarity. :) I can't wait for the next book in the series. Keep em coming Gideon!

Childish and brilliant

Gideon Defoe's novels are brilliant because they work so well upon a bad idea- cartoonish pirates. The novels themselves flow like a seven year old's creative writing- full of historical anachronisms, childish metaphors and characteristics- genius. A weird idea, but genius. The Pirate Captain (none of the pirates are named) is as likely to cut one's belly as he is to eat a bowl of cocoa puffes. (He does both). The implausibility and juvenile surrealism of the plots make Gideon Defoe's work addictive. The picture of the author is pretty sexy, too.

if you LOVE monty python . . .

. . . but would like something a little less serious. fantastic, better than the first can't wait to read The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists.