The Captain's Table
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
All aboard for the funniest voyage on the high seas — The Captain's Table is Richard Gordon's irresistible comic novel that chronicles the misadventures of Dr. Lionel Farquhar, a bumbling ship's physician who finds himself unexpectedly promoted to captain of a grand ocean liner, a role for which he is magnificently unqualified. Set against the backdrop of a transatlantic crossing teeming with eccentric passengers, amorous intrigues, and the rigid social theatre of shipboard life, Gordon orchestrates a relentless parade of comic catastrophes that leave no rank or reputation intact. Gordon, best known for his beloved Doctor in the House and Doctor at Sea series, brings the same razor-sharp wit and farcical precision to this nautical romp, illustrating the absurdities of British class and professional pretension with gleeful abandon. His prose is breezy yet acutely observed, skewering pomposity with the lightest of touches — a hallmark of mid-twentieth-century British comic writing at its finest. Later adapted into a celebrated film, The Captain's Table endures as a sparkling testament to Gordon's genius for comic timing, leaving readers to wonder how any of his hapless heroes ever make it safely to port.
Author: Richard Gordon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
All aboard for the funniest voyage on the high seas — The Captain's Table is Richard Gordon's irresistible comic novel that chronicles the misadventures of Dr. Lionel Farquhar, a bumbling ship's physician who finds himself unexpectedly promoted to captain of a grand ocean liner, a role for which he is magnificently unqualified. Set against the backdrop of a transatlantic crossing teeming with eccentric passengers, amorous intrigues, and the rigid social theatre of shipboard life, Gordon orchestrates a relentless parade of comic catastrophes that leave no rank or reputation intact. Gordon, best known for his beloved Doctor in the House and Doctor at Sea series, brings the same razor-sharp wit and farcical precision to this nautical romp, illustrating the absurdities of British class and professional pretension with gleeful abandon. His prose is breezy yet acutely observed, skewering pomposity with the lightest of touches — a hallmark of mid-twentieth-century British comic writing at its finest. Later adapted into a celebrated film, The Captain's Table endures as a sparkling testament to Gordon's genius for comic timing, leaving readers to wonder how any of his hapless heroes ever make it safely to port.