Therefore, the inaugural meeting of the Piratical Ladies' & Auxiliary Book Club shall be 1 April, 2005 at the Grog Shoppe, High Street, Bristol at 4pm. Refreshments will be served. Afterwards, members may like to partake of Harpoon Happy Hour, where in honour of the esteemed author of our little club's first selection, F.O.G. Cutters shall be served.
All ladies are eligible for membership. Gentlemen may join as auxiliary members only and must have a high tolerance for cats, tea, gossip, and ladies who get their knickers in a bunch over a wee rat. Any auxiliary-grade McFinsters will be given probationary status for the nonce until we see how they get on with their Big Book o' Words in grade 4 this term.
Please secure a copy of the book in advance from Amazon before the meeting. We British may purchase our copies here.
Pirates of Pensacola
by Keith Thomson (evidently that stooge person - Moe?)
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (April 1, 2005)
ISBN: 0312334990
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*(I do hope this isn't one of dear Gus' little pranks.)
**(Sadly, this is nothing to do with boats. Ships. Drat.)
***(Surely this can be improved upon, ladies.)
****(Rubbish. It took ever so long to add the scrimshop!)
Wheeeeaugh. Good job I don't do this web thingy wheeze for a living. In any case, well done Gus!
Editorial Reviews
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"Lubbers beware, thar be a thrilling new comic voice asea. The wind at his back, Keith Thomson has created a powerfully funny novel. Stocked to the quarterdeck with characters at once hilariously inconceivable and sweetly heartwarming, Pirates of Pensacola simultaneously thrills and endears itself with every explosively charged page. A delight to set sail with."
- Richard Rushfield, author of On Spec
"Set in modern times, Pirates of Pensacola follows our poor, nebbishy accountant hero into a life of waterlogged crime on the high seas. Best emerging comic novelist for a good long while, with touches of classic Rafael Sabatini and the most imaginative Hiaasen."
- Jeff Danziger, political cartoonist and author of Rising Like the Tucson
"A swashbuckling parody, Pirates of Pensacola is a fine breezy read, filled with laugh-out-loud scenes and some high seas drama. Who wouldn't crave the pirate lifestyle? You get to rob, cheat, carouse, brawl, drink, chase wenches and then rob some more, carouse some more...what a life! How about cutting these rogues some slack instead of a noose? To this book, I give my favorite mock-pirate toast: 'Bottoms up, shot glasses and lasses!'"
- Richard Zacks, best-selling author of The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
*(I do hope this isn't one of dear Gus' little pranks.)
**(Sadly, this is nothing to do with boats. Ships. Drat.)
***(Surely this can be improved upon, ladies.)
****(Rubbish. It took ever so long to add the scrimshop!)
Wheeeeaugh. Good job I don't do this web thingy wheeze for a living. In any case, well done Gus!
2 comments:
dear miz b:
i'm returning from my day off and 18 hours in the hot tub; apparently i needed a nap in the worst way. i found that it also doubles as a diet, but plays hell on your skin.
i've alerted the lec & ts as to the need for many wedding kerchiefs. i have a friend that has a friend that just bought a consignment of belgian lace; elegant without bein' frou-frou, as miz sibyl doesn't strike me as the frou-frou type. i wonder if gus and miz sibyl would enjoy a mixed-sexes wedding shower? it came up durin' the last meeting. as for the ladies book auxiliary, i'm sure the mcfinster brothers will earn their place; i've been placin' gold stars on their bar tabs each time they pass a spellin' quiz and that seems to spur them on. during slow times in the bar, they practice reading gus' posts out load to me. they really are comin' along and i'm proud to play some small role in their literacy. it's a shame however, that the brothers seem to share their brain cells, and most of those are dedicated to mischief making.
now, if you'll excuse me, i need to rehydrate.
sir squishy snuggs
They really are dears, if a little light in the brainpan. Thank you, my dear snuggs (Esq.).
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