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“Dyer stows himself away on an American aircraft carrier, fortunately, with all his hilarious tics in place. A rare kind of nonfiction, with sentences that keep on giving long after your eye has sailed on.”
— Steve Martin
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“Another Great Day at Sea is what we’ve all come to expect from Geoff Dyer—another great book. I loved everything about it. It’s brilliantly observed, beautifully written, incisive, funny, and filled with stirring truths about life and the value of service.”
— David Finkel, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
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“Geoff Dyer has managed to do again what he does best: insert himself into an exotic and demanding environment (sometimes, his own flat, but here, the violent wonders of an aircraft carrier) and file a report that mixes empathetic appreciation with dips into brilliant comic deflation. Welcome aboard the edifying and sometimes hilarious ship Dyer.”
— Billy Collins, New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love
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“This is what I love about Geoff Dyer’s work: His feet are never on the ground.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“When Dyer delves into a specific topic, he delves deeply, which is why we’re looking forward to his latest exploration: what life aboard an aircraft carrier is like. As always, he laces his observations with comedy and captivating storytelling.”
— Huffington Post
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“Dyer is to essays what Anthony Bourdain is to food, and in Another Great Day at Sea his descriptions do not disappoint.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“Terrific reading…And so with this generous, illuminating, and
very funny book, Geoff Dyer, one of the most inquisitive writers in the
English language, has proven his writing chops on land and at sea. What’s left? We need to send him to space.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
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“An often hilarious and aphoristic, short-chaptered account written by a British essayist who is fascinated by American culture…A highly entertaining read.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“Unique, interesting, and surprising…fascinating.”
— Booklist