Dizzy - Couverture rigide

Diss, Dave

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857769279 ISBN 13 : 9781857769272

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

An absorbing, engagingly written account of a sailor's life after World War Two. Dave Diss begins his life story by describing his extraordinary childhood. His family was so poor that they gave away his younger sister to relatives, and his gambling, womanizing father was sometimes violent - before he left them. He himself just escaped a bomb, and suffered the disruption of evacuation. Joining the Royal Navy opened up new worlds to him before the days of mass travel. He went to the Far East and was involved in action during the Korean War, which he describes excitingly. But it is the unusual, detailed account of everyday life for young sailors fifty years ago that is the most compelling part of his book. Mixing lyrical passages about far off places with the salty language of matelots' conversations, and the routine of service life with amusing skylarks and escapades, Dave Diss gives a no holds barred account of his nine years afloat that will please old sailors and landlubbers alike.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dave Diss was born in Barking in Essex in 1930, and brought up in Worthing, on the South Coast. On leaving Worthing High School he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman Second Class. During his nine years in the Navy he sailed to the West Indies, and to the Far East during the Korean War, still continuing his studies. In civilian life he became a clerk with an insurance company in London, and had a one-man art exhibition in Arundel. In 1970, with his wife and three children, he emigrated to South Australia, where he still lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857769279
• ISBN 13: 9781857769272
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible