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When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . . Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up.
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Release date
November 19, 2019 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593215036
- File size: 68307 KB
- Duration: 02:22:18
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Narrator and humorist John Hodgman brings an arched eyebrow to much of his delivery of this "entertainment" from renowned novelist Eggers. His wicked send-up of Trumpworld follows the downward trajectory of an ill-equipped ship's captain and his hapless crew. Hodgman brings the comic timing of stand-up to the madness and corruption of the less-seaworthy-by-the-minute vessel. The Captain, barely disguised as the current Commander in Chief, flails in his leadership role in such a way that even Hodgman can bring only a pained laugh to the listener's lips. Eggers draws on satirical styles from the past--Joseph Heller and Jonathan Swift come to mind--to create a ship of state only slightly less ridiculous than present-day reality. R.O. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
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