This is a hilarious little book (would be good for a short airplane ride or a very long time, perhaps even installments, in the "Christian Science Reading Room" as my family euphemizes it) that I picked up from the bottom of the shelf at some bookstore.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists : A Novel by GIDEON DEFOE is very very funny. Very like Monty Python meets Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. What more need be said?
The plot is simple- Our protagonist The Pirate Captain (no names for pirates on his ship are ever used, because he just forgets them) wants to get his crew out of a rut, so they follow a bad lead from another pirate looking for a reputed gold ship. However, the ship is the HMS Beagle and its hold is full of science specimens, because the ship is led by Charles Darwin. The Pirates and the Scientists join forces on an Adventure.
The book is made to look and sound like a dated children's serial or series book. With the humor. It is interesting that the book is actually quite clean, I might let my son read it. Very funny, I was surprised. Hope this guy writes more and longer next time.
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