Nelson Cooke Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Title: PIRATES OF PENSACOLA Writer: Keith Thomson Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 4/1/04 Amazon link with plot summary/reviews "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 "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 "With rum, eye patches, peg legs, and a wisecracking parrot in need of a twelve-step program, Pirates of Pensacola blends all the conventions of the pirate genre and creates a novel of comic genius and originality. Keith Thomson is a shrewd and funny writer with a big future ahead of him." - bestselling author Linda Fairstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish_Cavendish Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 That sounds pretty great. I judge books by covers, truth told, and this book doesn't even have one yet. The endorsement of Richard Zacks speaks volumes (or at least a hundred damned good words). I loved his "Pirate Hunter" (don't be uppity folks, nobody's doing any hunting of y'all--it's his term for Capt. Kidd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Scabbs Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Yarr... Maybe it's out at me local public library? I've been needing to return all of those Daniel Steel books anyway... "I like nachos. Mermaid nachos." The Seabeaver - Official Website Facebook MySpace Twitter * * * * * * * * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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