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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab: A Novel Audiobook
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They’re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel——purchased on credit. In order to repay his debts, the Pirate Captain is determined to capture the enigmatic White Whale, hunted by the notoriously moody Ahab, who has promised a reward.Chaos ensues, featuring the lascivious Cutlass Liz, the world’s most dangerous mosquito, an excerpt from the Pirate Captain’s novel in progress (a bodice ripper, of course), whale ventriloquism, practical lessons in whale painting, a shanty-singing contest in a Las Vegas casino, and a dra-matic climax in which the Pirate Captain’s prize ham saves the day!Move over, Herman Melville.
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"'He considered punching the whale on the nose, because he recalled something about that being their weak spot. But then he remembered how that might be sharks rather than whales. And also that it was probably apocryphal anyway. And of course whales don't really have noses.'"
— Zane (4 out of 5 stars)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab Listener Reviews
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" Yet another fun pirate book!!! "
— Annette, 2/19/2014 -
" Nice light reading, I laughed out loud a few times, and loved the informational tidbits. "
— Candace, 2/14/2014 -
" This book was really cute. I really enjoyed it. The humor was good & the serious topics they talked about such as debt and whaling were expressed in an easy going, funny manner. This book would be really good for kids as a bed time story. Older kids i reckon because some of the issues (especially at the end where the big whale found the lady whale) is quite adult. A birds & the bees talk may be in order!! "
— Ashleigh, 1/30/2014 -
" Ham is very important to a pirate diet, and Ahab's okay even though he started out in that horrid Moby Dick book. (The Pirates help him track the whale. To Las Vegas and beyond...) "
— Kristina, 1/17/2014 -
" I think it takes a special person to appreciate the hilarity of these books. I'm happy to say I'm a special person. "
— Kaitlyn, 1/15/2014 -
" I found the humor in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists kind of one-note, so I'm really not sure why I read the sequel. It's been a few weeks now and I've almost completely forgotten it. But I believe I was somewhat pleasantly diverted for about an hour at the time? "
— Trin, 1/14/2014 -
" Not as good as the first novel, mostly because there was no clear distinction between right and wrong. Also because the plot line involving cowboys was not developed fully. "
— Ross, 12/25/2013 -
" Better than the first book. The comedic timing was much better. However, I'm still not sure what all the fuss is about. I did not dislike the book but I never really got "into" it and I felt that I had to force myself to keep reading. "
— Douglas, 12/7/2013 -
" More hijinks on the high seas as well as--oddly enough--the wild, wild west. Is there no cliched world from history or literature that those pirates can't insinuate themselves into and change for the better? The answer is no. "
— Michael, 11/29/2013 -
" Strange and warped but laugh out loud funny. "
— Stacy, 11/15/2013 -
" Ridiculously hilarious. "
— Austenite, 10/23/2013 -
" Very fluffy, fun reading. I like the various paintings the Pirate Captain keeps in his office, for example "
— Elaine, 10/10/2013 -
" Who wouldn't enjoy a story about silly pirates? "
— Taylor, 9/23/2013 -
" I love this whole series. They are quick and very silly reads. "
— James, 9/7/2013 -
" Very silly and very funny. "
— Vohumanu, 8/31/2013 -
" Hilarious, highly entertaining. Not artful fiction, but the wicked, ironic humor makes this whole series worth the read. "
— Sarah, 7/3/2013 -
" Amusing, a quick read. "
— Stephanie, 6/22/2013 -
" Funny, cute, perfect for a stop-motion childrens movie. "
— Cameron, 6/4/2013 -
" Needs more pirate with a scarf. "
— hamsterfactor, 5/9/2013 -
" This is completely goofy good fun. It made me smile a lot, but there weren't enough laugh-out-loud moments to make me rate it higher than a 3.5. "
— Kirsten, 1/29/2013 -
" Not as good as the first one, but still impressively funny in a surreal way. As always, love the footnotes! "
— Tricia, 12/25/2012 -
" Pirates dressed as krill to catch a whale - what's not to like? "
— Frances, 9/20/2012 -
" Quirky, fun book to read! "
— Jerri, 9/2/2012 -
" More of the same, with the added bonus of cross-dressing whales. Joy! "
— Sarah, 7/7/2012 -
" Loved the preposterous meeting between these two characters. What made it worth reading was that Ahab was just as silly and devoid of intelligence as the Pirate Captain was. Hilarious. "
— Loren, 6/23/2012 -
" Save the HAM! "
— Salvatore, 5/15/2012 -
" What is it about British writers that amuse me so??? This book was a super quick read, hilarious, and the footnotes will teach you something every time as well as make you laugh. "
— Helen, 4/15/2012 -
" This is silly, absurd book in a Monty Pythonesque style. The Pirate Captain leads his crew on a money making cruise to Las Vegas, battling box jellies with shovels on the way. "
— Mike, 4/11/2012
About Gideon Defoe
Gideon Defoe is a British writer and author of The Pirates!, a series of comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures.
About John Lee
John Lee is the winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He has twice won acclaim as AudioFile’s Best Voice in Fiction & Classics. He also narrates video games, does voice-over work, and writes plays. He is an accomplished stage actor and has written and coproduced the feature films Breathing Hard and Forfeit. He played Alydon in the 1963–64 Doctor Who serial The Daleks.