Pirates! The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists, Book 2, (Paperback)

from MikeFarquhar

After the last couple of reads, I needed something a bit lighter, so the next Pirates! book - The Pirates! In An Adventure With Communists by Gideon Defoe came along at just the right time. Superbly silly piratical adventures set in Victorian England, this one has the Pirate Captain and his crew ...

from bensdad00

Not as good as his first novel but a good light read nevertheless. Characters, plot and big ideas are interwoven just enough with the expected humor and frivolity to keep the story moving and your interest high. The unexpected turns of events and semi-ludicrous goings-on only leave the reader wan...

from tulikangaroo

This should be called "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Philosophers", because though Marx is excellent, it's really Nietzsche as a tin-superman-phantom-of-the-opera/weakling-philosopher-wanna-be that is the book's coup de gras. Brilliant. Hilarious. Ridiculous.

from prebs99

Any book that can include pirates, Karl Marx and Nietzsche and also be funny has to be a great book. These Pirate books are a guilty pleasure for me and I manage to laugh out loud reading them. The reason I can't give more that 4 stars is that the book is silly and silliness should not be encoura...

from clfisha

A silly, hilarious, crazy, rip roaring pirate adventure. Aaaarrr this book is funny. If you like pirates (who doesn't?), jokes about philosophers, irrelevant witty footnotes and dastardly plots involving suspicious bakeries and opera then buy this book. Otherwise you might just find it all too si...