{"product_id":"2940169150438","title":"Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a writer \"whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down [makes him] an exemplar of our era\" (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier. \u003ci\u003eAnother Great Day at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Dyer's experiences on the USS \u003ci\u003eGeorge H.W. Bush\u003c\/i\u003e as he navigates the routines and protocols of \"carrier-world,\" from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American world, with its constant exhortations to improve, to do better, Dyer brilliantly records the daily life on board the ship, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become forms of self-expression. In the process it becomes clear why Geoff Dyer has been widely praised as one of the most original-and funniest-voices in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnother Great Day at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive work of an author whose books defy definition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158653419760,"sku":"2940169150438","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169150438_p0.jpg?v=1763673962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169150438","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}