THE CAPTAIN AND THE GLORY

A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the G lory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster.When the decorated Captain of a great ship des cends 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 n o experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he s olemnly ...[Read more]