Linger Awhile by Russell Hoban

Author:Russell Hoban [Hoban, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: U.S.A., 21st Century, Amazon.com, Retail, 20th Century, literature, britain, American Literature, Expatriate Literature, British History
ISBN: 9781567923261
Publisher: David R Godine
Published: 2005-12-31T15:00:00+00:00

‘Don’t ever say you’re not a player,’ said Grace as we freshened our drinks. She’s very gracious.

‘Well, I don’t do the full orchestra,’ I said, ‘but if you like chamber music, I’m your man.’

‘I’ll drink to that,’ said Grace.

Mutiny on the Bounty, the one with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton, was on TV that evening and we both enjoyed seeing it yet again. ‘Every now and then,’ I said, ‘I come across some mention of Bligh in the papers where they say he wasn’t all that bad.’

‘He was a hell of a navigator,’ said Grace. ‘Thirty-six hundred miles in an overloaded open boat!’

‘And he had no charts and there were only about a week’s rations,’ I said, ‘but he got them all to Timor safely.’

‘Well,’ said Grace, ‘he suspended his disbelief and all that remained was the belief that he could do it.’

‘Plus his practical knowledge and his seamanship,’ I said. ‘If I had to be cast adrift in that longboat I’d rather have Bligh at the tiller than Fletcher Christian.’

‘He was the man,’ said Grace. ‘No doubt about it.’

All in all, a very pleasant evening and we fell asleep talking about DIY Justines.

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