Man Overboard - Info and Reading Options
By Tim Binding
"Man Overboard" was published by Picador in 2005 - London, the book is classified in Fiction genre, it has 244 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Man Overboard” Metadata:
- Title: Man Overboard
- Author: Tim Binding
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 244
- Is Family Friendly: Yes - No Mature Content
- Publisher: Picador
- Publish Date: 2005
- Publish Location: London
- Genres: Fiction
“Man Overboard” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Divers - Fiction - Great Britain - Great Britain. Royal Navy - Underwater demolition teams - Fiction, biographical - Soviet union, fiction - Disappeared persons
- People: Lionel Crabb (b. 1909)
- Places: Great Britain
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 244 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- Google Books ID: loqeQgAACAAJ
- The Open Library ID: OL3465942M - OL2974798W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 57749748 - 60606546
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2005440712
- ISBN-13: 9780330487474
- ISBN-10: 0330487477
- All ISBNs: 0330487477 - 9780330487474
AI-generated Review of “Man Overboard”:
Snippets and Summary:
In Man Overboard, Tim Binding tells the story of English war hero Commander Crabb, who disappeared in 1956 amid rumours of his capture by the USSR. Imaginative and funny, this novel is an exploration of Englishness.
"Man Overboard" Description:
The Open Library:
Lionel 'Buster' Crabb became renowned during the Second World War for his amazing feats of underwater daring. After the war he was celebrated for embodying a particular English ideal - a love for King and Country - that seemed to be dying out. Then, in 1956, during a visit to Britain by Nikita Khrushchev, who had arrived by ship, Commander Crabb disappeared. Some thought he had perished while attempting to inspect the Soviet vessel; others that he had been kidnapped and forced to work for the USSR. The truth remains unknown to this day, and out of this mystery Tim Binding has spun a wondrous piece of fiction - a deeply imaginative, gently funny and profoundly stirring exploration of the idea of Englishness. It is the story of a man who has made deep personal sacrifices for the sake of higher ideals and who must, towards the end of his days, measure their meaning and their worth.
Google Books:
In Man Overboard, Tim Binding tells the story of English war hero Commander Crabb, who disappeared in 1956 amid rumours of his capture by the USSR. Imaginative and funny, this novel is an exploration of Englishness. Industrious, resilient, fond of his drink, socially awkward and physically fearless, Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb was an Englishman who put defence of King and country above all else. In Gibraltar, and later Palestine and Italy, his feats of underwater daring made him the navy's greatest frogman and a legend of the Second World War. But Crabb's private life was both a struggle to achieve human intimacy and a struggle to find his place in post-war Britain. How could someone whose identity was forged in war, who was the friend of government moles and double agents, reconcile himself to the rewards of an ordinary life? When in April 1956, during a visit to Britain by First Secretary Khrushchev, Commander Crabb disappeared, was it by accident or by design?
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