The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment

by Dave Eggers

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A savage satire of a United States in the throes of insanity, this hilarious novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Circle tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. 

"A short parable for our times that is 30 percent Veep, 30 percent Voltaire, and the rest flavored by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Swift, Percival Everett, and Salman Rushdie." —Los Angeles Review of Books


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  • ISBN10 0525659080
  • ISBN13 9780525659082
  • Publish Date 19 November 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Alfred A. Knopf