Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush
Jun 2027 · Sold by Picador
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A wry, wandering account of life aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier, where Geoff Dyer drifts through a world of precision and purpose, turning military routine and personal dislocation into comedy, curiosity, and unexpected insight.
Invited aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Geoff Dyer finds himself embedded in one of the most powerful and meticulously organized institutions on earth—a setting seemingly designed to expose every one of his inadequacies. As sailors launch fighter jets, maintain complex systems, and carry out the routines of military life, Dyer wanders the ship’s endless corridors, asking questions, getting lost, and contemplating work, purpose, and collective endeavor.
Moving between the thunderous spectacle of flight operations and the quieter rhythms of daily life at sea, Another Great Day at Sea is a book about military life that is only partly about the military. It is equally a study of fascination, bewilderment, and what happens when an inveterate observer finds himself adrift inside a floating city dedicated to order, efficiency, and war.
Invited aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Geoff Dyer finds himself embedded in one of the most powerful and meticulously organized institutions on earth—a setting seemingly designed to expose every one of his inadequacies. As sailors launch fighter jets, maintain complex systems, and carry out the routines of military life, Dyer wanders the ship’s endless corridors, asking questions, getting lost, and contemplating work, purpose, and collective endeavor.
Moving between the thunderous spectacle of flight operations and the quieter rhythms of daily life at sea, Another Great Day at Sea is a book about military life that is only partly about the military. It is equally a study of fascination, bewilderment, and what happens when an inveterate observer finds himself adrift inside a floating city dedicated to order, efficiency, and war.
A wry, wandering account of life aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier, where Geoff Dyer drifts through a world of precision and purpose, turning military routine and personal dislocation into comedy, curiosity, and unexpected insight.
Invited aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Geoff ...
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Geoff Dyer is the award-winning author of many books, including Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Zona, See/Saw, The Last Days of Roger Federer, and the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism). Dyer is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a writer in residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into twenty-six languages.
Geoff Dyer is the award-winning author of many books, including Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Zona, See/Saw, The Last Days of Roger Federer, and the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for cri...
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