Little God Ben
On Sale: 08/11/2016
Little God Ben
On Sale: 08/11/2016
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About the Book
Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.
Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.
Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible Ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. But his luck doesn’t last long when they are all shipwrecked in the Pacific. Seen through Ben’s eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo-jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. And every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has God-like powers . . .
Brought back by popular demand after a gap of three years, Ben the tramp’s reappearance in Little God Ben transported his humour, charm and rare philosophy to a startlingly new setting in this quintessentially 1930s comedy thriller.
Critical Praise
‘His dialogue is invariably amusing.’ DAILY MAIL
‘Mr Farjeon’s Ben is not merely a character but a parable. He is a mixture of Trimalchio and the Old Kent Road, a notable coward, a notable hero, above all a supreme humorist … Someone ought to make a film of this book. It would bring the house down.’ Seton Dearden in Time and Tide
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780008155988
- ISBN 10: 0008155984
- Imprint: Collins Crime Club
- On Sale: 08/11/2016
- Pages: 256
- List Price:9.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Crime
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Humorous / General
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Thrillers / Military