Vox Hunt: Beach Read
Books: Show us a great beach read.
Best. Novel. Ever. Although it's the second in the series, you don't really need to read the first. Master & Commander is great, but Post-Captain far exceeds it as it is simultaneously a brilliant comedy of manners, historical epic and action-filled tale of derring-do; Jane Austen, C. S. Forrester and Charles Dickens all rolled into one. I really, really wish someone would make a movie out of it, though to really do it justice it would have to be a miniseries; and then you couldn't have Russell Crowe in it, and after Master & Commander: To the Far Side of the World, it's hard to imagine anyone else in the role. But who knows, if he gets in enough brawls maybe his career will sink to the point that he will consider doing a TV miniseries. So if you see him drinking in a hotel bar, do me a favor and sucker punch him.
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I'm so in love with Dr. Maturin.