{"product_id":"another-great-day-at-sea","title":"Another Great Day at Sea","description":"As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier.\u003ci\u003eAnother Great Day at Sea\u003c\/i\u003echronicles Dyer's experiences on the USS\u003ci\u003eGeorge H.W. Bush\u003c\/i\u003eas he navigates the routines and protocols of 'carrier-world', from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable.\u003cbr\u003e A lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American world, with its constant exhortations to improve, to do better, Dyer brilliantly records the daily life on board the ship, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become forms of self-expression. In the process it becomes clear why Geoff Dyer has been widely praised as one of the most original-and funniest-voices in literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnother Great Day at Sea\u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive work of an author whose books defy definition.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Geoff Dyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516739485757,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922182739.jpg?v=1787571057","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/another-great-day-at-sea","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}