Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat - Softcover

Stewart, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956003842 ISBN 13: 9780956003843

Publisher: Sort of Books, 2010

Synopsis

Chris Stewart's sea-faring 'prequel' to Driving Over Lemons was launched into the hardback bestseller list in May, where it's been bobbing about happily ever since. Sort of Books plan to make this paperback plain sailing too. It will be published in the same format and price as his ever popular Spanish trilogy.

About this title

Review:

Laugh yourself silly! Wonderful! (Books Quarterly)

Witty, self-deprecating and charming, Stewart makes wonderful company even if you do get soaked in the process. It's a book with a big heart and a great belly laugh (Kathleen Wyatt The Times)

A charming and lyrical read, awash with the joy of discovery...I've never read a funnier description than his detailed advice on How to Pee at Midnight during a Force (Rory Maclean Guardian)

It is easy to enthuse about the simple pleasures of life, but hard to write about them well. Stewart's gift is to do so with the carefree manner of someone you've just met in a bar, and who is buying the drinks (Hugh Thomson Independent)

His enthusiasm and sheer good nature are infectious and, like Bill Bryson, with whom he's sometimes compared, he's a hard man to dislike (Mail on Sunday)

This is a lovely little book... you really get a sense of what it's like aboard an ocean-going sailing ship (Sam Leith Daily Mail)

Book Description:

A top ten bestseller

About this edition

• Publisher: Sort of Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0956003842
• ISBN 13: 9780956003843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180