Books by Gideon Defoe and Complete Book Reviews

The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics
The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics, or: Prometheus Versus a Terrible Fungus
Gideon Defoe. Vintage, $14.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-80290-3
In Defoe’s rollicking fifth novel in the series, the pirates are delightfully irreverent, inane, and idiotic. Previous adventures have involved Napoleon, “the Communists,” famous scientists, and Captain Ahab, but this outing begins with a trip to...
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon
Gideon Defoe, Author . Pantheon $16.95 (177p) ISBN 978-0-375-42398-7
Pirate Captain returns in this installment of Defoe's loony pirate yarns (The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab ; The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists ), only to lose the Pirate of the Year awards. (Though Captain's beard is “fantastically
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An Atlas of Extinct Countries
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Gideon Defoe. Europa Editions, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-1-60945-680-1
Defoe (How Animals Have Sex) brings a light touch to this unique collection of “obituaries of the nations that fell off the map.” Highlighting 48 (often grim) countries that no longer exist, Defoe covers the familiar, such as Yugoslavia, as well as...
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