A hilarious, biting satire of the United States and its unpredictable leader
from the best-selling author of The Circle The grand ship Glory has been
skilfully captained for years, but when its well-loved old skipper decides to
step down, a new leader thrusts himself forward and a new era begins. The new
Captain is vulgar, bumbling and inexplicably confident. With no knowledge of
nautical navigation or maritime law - nor even, as he has repeatedly remarked,
a particular liking for 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 enthralls his passengers: writing his dreams and
notions on the cafeteria whiteboard, boasting of his exemplary anatomy,
devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing anyone who dissatisfies him overboard.
Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but
revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looks without a shirt
while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . .
A hilarious, biting satire of the United States and its unpredictable leader
from the best-selling author of The Circle The grand ship Glory has been
skilfully captained for years, but when its well-loved old skipper decides to
step down, a new leader thrusts himself forward and a new era begins. The new
Captain is vulgar, bumbling and inexplicably confident. With no knowledge of
nautical navigation or maritime law - nor even, as he has repeatedly remarked,
a particular liking for 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 enthralls his passengers: writing his dreams and
notions on the cafeteria whiteboard, boasting of his exemplary anatomy,
devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing anyone who dissatisfies him overboard.
Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but
revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looks without a shirt
while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . .
