Another great day at sea : life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
Dyer, Geoff2015
Book
In November 2011, Geoff Dyer fulfilled a childhood dream of spending time on an aircraft carrier. Dyer's stay on the USS George Bush, on active service in the Arabian Gulf, proved even more intense, memorable, and frequently hilarious, than he could ever have hoped. In Dyer's hands, the warship becomes a microcosm for a stocktaking of modern Western life: religion, drugs, chauvinism, farting, gyms, steaks, prayer, parental death, relationships and how to have a beach party with 5000 people on a giant floating hunk of steel. Piercingly perceptive and gloriously funny, this is a unique book about work, war and entering other worlds.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 359.9435 | Available |
Main title:
Another great day at sea : life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush / Geoff Dyer ; with photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins.
Author:
Dyer, Geoff, authorSteele-Perkins, Chris, illustrator
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015.Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015.
Collation:
191 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2014.
ISBN:
9781782113362 (pbk)
Dewey class:
359.94350973359.9435
Language:
English
BRN:
1712837