Writers in Residence

Writers in Residence Series

This series offers a unique window into the workings of key modern institutions through the eyes of leading global writers. Authors undertake residencies within significant organizations across diverse countries, granting them the opportunity for calm, in-depth observation and reflection. The resulting literary works seek to illuminate the reality behind daily news, fostering a deeper understanding of our complex world. It aims to enlighten, educate, and delight a broad audience by providing insightful portrayals of vital contemporary sectors.

Another Great Day at Sea

Geoff Dyer

208 pages
8 hours of reading

3.5(25)Add rating

In November 2011, Geoff Dyer fulfilled a childhood dream of spending time on an aircraft carrier. Dyer's stay on the USS George Bush, on active service in the Arabian Gulf, proved even more intense, memorable, and frequently hilarious, than he could ever have hoped. In Dyer's hands, the warship becomes a microcosm for a stocktaking of modern Western life: religion, drugs, chauvinism, farting, gyms, steaks, prayer, parental death, relationships and how to have a beach party with 5000 people on a giant floating hunk of steel. Piercingly perceptive and gloriously funny, this is a unique book about work, war and entering other worlds.

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