The Pirates! Band of Misfits Movie T..., Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Movie T..., Gideon Defoe
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition)
An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab

Author: Gideon Defoe

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2012

Synopsis

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Adventure? Yes, more than one! Derring-do? Yes! Storms? Sea monsters? Rival pirates? Of course! Cameos by frequently anachronistic historical figures?  You betcha! All that and more.

Not since Moby-Dick. . . . No, not since Treasure Island. . . . Actually, not since Jonah and the Whale has there been a group of seafarers  to rival The Pirates!, and their leader, the greatest ocean-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate Captain, who, although he lives for months at a time on the bounding main somehow manages to keep his beard silky and in good condition.

About The Author

Gideon Defoe is the author of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Ahab and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

I scan the column of 5-star reviews proclaiming the hilarity of this book and am forced to set myself all kinds of awkward questions. When did I stifle my inner child? Just when did the creeping tentacles of old fogeydom reach out to atrophy my critical faculties? How can I not love the pirates? Wha......more

Goodreads review by rey

at least 3 of these 4 stars are for the nostalgia because the movie based on these books was my entire childhood. the other star is for the humor, which i’m pretty sure i didn’t appreciate quite as much when i was 9 years old watching this movie. but gosh darn this was so fun to read......more

Goodreads review by Catherine

The movie The Pirates! Band of Misfits, is based loosely on the first book in this series, and in the UK, the film actually shares that title. I love Aardman Animations and this movie was no exception. The books are definitely aimed at an adult audience, so there are many changes in the film, but I......more

Goodreads review by Ben

Pure cheese, and I like cheese. Laugh out loud funny. Nothing particularly fantastic about the subject or the writing, but it will put a grin on your face. Booktalk from library school below. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe. The Pirate Captain is a lot like today’s youth.......more

Quotes

"Be it an odd and funny book about a roguish pirate captain, Charles Darwin, and a radioactive elephant ye seek, then seek ye no more!" --Entertainment Weekly

"Prose Prozac for the nautically inclined . . . gently satiric and genuinely funny . . . a seaworthy little page-turner . . . Rated: Aaarrr!" --The Village Voice

"Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of pirate comic fiction." --Eric Idle

"A treasure chest of lighthearted laughs." --Knoxville News-Sentinel

"Equal parts witty and absurd. . . . Will put a smile on the face of even the stiffest reader." --Memphis Flyer

"[Defoe] can make even pirates seem as cuddly as a teddy bear. . . . [A] funny and downright easy-to-love book." --Sacramento Book Review

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