My dear Chris :A tlast the moment is come when I can sit down and address you in the full consciousness of a perfect milieu. The ship is at rest in a tropical port, all the passengers are ashore enjoying their brief respite from steam-heated apartments, solidly packed subways, and an atrocious city government controlled by a corrupt oligarchy of professional politicians (by the way, why should an amateur politician be considered an angel of light and a professional a son of Belial?) We have not yet reached the critical period of the voyage, when the festive banana comes aboard and causes us much more anxiety than you or any other cheerful consumer of it ever imagines. I myself have dined, and the door of my cabin is locked, to convey the impression to the careless caller that I am ashore. I have, in honour of the occasion, assimilated an immense high-ball, not merely because I was thirsty and needed a drink, but as a part of the significant ritual of dedication.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This collection of maritime essays offers lyrical ruminations on the author's experiences as an engineer on ships sailing from England to the Mediterranean. The author finds endless sources of inspiration in the sea and the ports he visits, from the gossip of a wine vendor in Genoa to the grandeur of Gibbon's account of the Roman empire. Among the central themes of the book are the author's love of the sea and sense of adventure, as well as his appreciation of the simple joys and enduring cultural traditions of the Mediterranean. This book is a celebration of the sea, storytelling, and the unique experiences one finds in foreign ports. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330862315_0
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