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“Generous, illuminating and very funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle“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“Hilarious. . . . [Dyer is] one of the funniest writers alive.” —Chicago Tribune “[Dyer] is one of our greatest living critics, not of the arts but of life itself, and one of our most original writers.” —New York Magazine “Urgent, funny, utterly in-the-moment and achingly honest. . . . Like the captain, like the crew, like the ship, Dyer’s superb book constantly reiterates its excellence. It virtually stands to attention on its own.” —Philip Hoare, The Guardian (London)“This is what I love about Geoff Dyer’s work: His feet are never on the ground. . . . He’s a philosophical naturalist, a realist.” —Clancy Martin, The New York Times Book Review “Remarkable. . . . Earnest but never unctuous, light-handed but stirring.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “[Another Great Day At Sea] shares sea legs with David Foster Wallace’s brilliant cruise-ship essay ‘A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.’ . . . For all the snap and snark in his prose, Dyer can’t tamp down his generosity of spirit forever.” —NPR.org “Dyer is to essays what Anthony Bourdain is to food. . . . That rare writer one reads not to learn something new but to enjoy his sidelong take on a subject.” —Los Angles Times “A total delight. . . . Stuffed with wonderful anecdotes.” —The Independent (London) “[Dyer is] likely the greatest writer of nonfiction we have. . . . He’s the quintessential everyman through which any reader could substitute his or her own imagination.” —New York Observer “Filled with curiosity and with admiration.” —The New York Times “Dyer deftly blends two stories into one short book: a closely observed, respectful account of life and work aboard an aircraft carrier, and the comic adventure of being ‘the oldest and tallest person on ship,’ ducking and stooping his head constantly, struggling with the food and the noise of jets.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “A great day is any day you get to read Geoff Dyer, and this book is no exception. Witty, empathetic, and insatiably curious, he is the perfect guide to the floating world of an American aircraft carrier. A perfect night landing on the ‘postage stamp,’ with élan to spare.” —Sam Lipsyte “A revelation to lovers of literature, who’ll learn about the military from a master stylist, and to those who love ships and planes, who’ll have the pleasure of a new perspective from a great writer. . . . [Marked by] precise observation, unerring word choice, drop-dead sense of humor and the absurd.” —The Oregonian “The average writer would make this disparity into fish-out-of-water commentary, but Dyer starts there and then goes off into space, spinning his observations into something profound and beautiful that socks you in the gut.” —Flavorwire “Thoroughly enjoyable. . . . Installing a writer of Dyer’s baroquely sensitive and self-conscious temperament aboard an American aircraft carrier stationed in the Persian Gulf is obviously a stroke of genius.” —Salon.com “As concentratedly funny as anything [Dyer’s] written.” —Slate “When Dyer delves into a specific topic, he delves deeply. . . . As always, he laces his observations with comedy and captivating storytelling.” —Huffington Post “Dyer has a rare talent. . . . By the end of Another Great Day at Sea, the carrier is no longer forbiddingly otherworldly. . . . [Dyer has] moved from being a dispassionate observer to someone who prays for those who go to sea in ships.” —Financial Times
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About the Author
Geoff Dyer’s books include But Beautiful (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); The Missing of the Somme; Out of Sheer Rage; The Ongoing Moment (winner of the ICP Infinity Award for writing on photography); Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; and Zona. His many awards include the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and, most recently, a National Book Critics Circle Award for the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and his books have been translated into twenty-four languages. Dyer currently lives in Venice, California.
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Product details
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804170207
ISBN-13: 978-0804170208
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.3 out of 5 stars
125 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#677,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This is my very first review of a book purchased from Amazon even though I have purchased hundreds of such books over the years; however, I feel that potential readers deserve a warning about this book. I am avid reader of books about military life and equipment, and was looking forward to this book as a current first person account of the operations of a modern aircraft carrier; however, amazingly, even though the author was able to spend two weeks aboard the carrier as observer with apparently rather complete access to the ship and its crew, there is very little specific information about the ship, its operations or its crew; instead, the book mainly focuses on his adjustments and problems to living on the ship, e.g., need for his own cabin, need for his own private bathroom, complaints about the food and his inability to get a good meal until invited to the captain's table, etc. I learned little of great interest about the ship and its operations that I didn't already generally know from other books. The author even makes a point that while he carries a notebook with him, he seldom writes anything in the notebook and doesn't have a good memory for details. By the end of the book, I knew a great deal about him and rather quite a bit less about the ship and its crew that I would have anticipated from experienced journalist spending two weeks aboard the carrier.
I have learned to have an appreciation of Naval Aviation through the writings of a great blogger, the late Carroll Lefon.Look up "Neptunus Lex" on the web to see the influence he had.So I wondered how I could possibly learn more about carrier operations by reading this book.Well, it is a perfect companion to Lex's writings, because while Lex (who was XO of the TOPGUN program at one time and had over 4,000 hours of FA/18 time) went to great effort in telling people **how ** things were on a carrier, Dyer tells you how it **feels**.From the time he leaves Bahrain, he tells you what if **feels** like to ride in the Navy's cargo hauler and bus, the Greyhound.What happens when it misses the trap and had to make another attempt at landing on the carrier. As he wrote you leave a familiar world and in 40 minutes you have landed on a completely alien world.But frankly the guy pissed me off just a bit (knowing, as GB Shaw mentioned that Britain and America are 2 countries separated by a common language) the American slang of "pissed" is different from the British version).And our meaning definitely doesn't involve alcohol.The author makes it a point of saying how much he dislikes the accommodations the Navy has assigned him, and is actually proud of the fact that after enough "whinging" he is assigned a "VIP" room.And throughout the book a constant theme is his dissatisfaction of the food offered him.whinge (hw nj, w nj)intr.v. whinged, whing•ing, whing•es Chiefly BritishTo complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.He is finally satisfied (and to avoid putting the "spoiler" moniker on me I will refrain from telling you how) but his constant whining, particularly to a reader who over the years came to appreciate the people who make carriers work, as taught by a man who loved his Navy and died in its service) - - well, his attitude really irritated me.It is a credit to the Captain and crew of the Bush that they treated him as a guest, no matter how unreasonable, and his refusal to totally immerse himself into their world and live as they lived is a loss for him, and not a gain for the reader.With all that being said the book is still worth a read.
Excellent book that brought back great memories. In 1996 I was privileged to spend 24 hours on the USS Enterprise and experienced all of the amazing things that occur on a floating city. Dining with the crew and seeing them at work gives true meaning to 'being of service'- not just 'in the service'. Many of these 18, 19, 20 year olds came from various and sometimes rough backgrounds and work together for the common good.As more than one officer told me, few people at their age have responsibility for the safety of multi-million dollar aircraft, their pilots while laden with deadly ordinance. Truly an awe inspiring experience perfectly captured by Mr. Dyer.
Especially entertaining from a Brit civilians point of view.What a pussy.
At first blush, I thought Dyer to be in the lead for Pompous Ass of the year award. His apparent disrespect for the sailors aboard the USS George Bush really started to irk me. Almost to the point of walking out in mid-read, but, I’m glad I didn’t. He captured life aboard the ship as well as the multitude of ideals and contradictions held by the staff.Felt like I was aboard ship and could feel my fillings rattle every time a jet landed or took off. An enjoyable read, and I’m glad I stuck around.
Although the author's time aboard the carrier was voluntary, one would have thought it was surely not. The book is a collection of whining, snarky comments and condescending remarks. I wonder why he did not embark on a Royal Navy ship instead...but then he would have had one less inconvenience (lack of alcohol) upon which to constantly dwell. The facts that US Navy ships are dry along with being noisy, cramped and the food more akin to a cafeteria than a 5-star restaurant seemed to be major revelations to the author.Usually I pass along books after reading them...this one went into the trash. I regret buying it, but thankful bought it used.
He visits an aircraft carrier for 2 weeks and writes about the routines, people, food, racks, flight deck hazards, etc. in a dry humorous manner. Very good stuff.
Great read, and gave it to a friend who spent time on an aircraft carrier and he enjoyed it too.
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