Author: Tony James
Format: Paperback
Our Code: BK3503
Up The Creek charts Tony James unintentional voyage from his fathers broad-bean bed, in land locked Derbyshire, to a marina in Somerset via the Caribbean, the Persian Gulf and the bottom of a swimming pool in Ottery St Mary.On the way Tony gathers a motley crew of unforgettable eccentrics and maritime misfits, brought to a hilarious life by his acute observation of the ridiculous and by his wry acceptance that whatever happens at sea, things can only get worse. The funniest and most original sailing book for years.
Tony James is a freelance journalist and writer. Formerly he was a theatrical entrepreneur, magazine agony aunt, crime writer, Fleet Street editor and education correspondent of the Jamaican Daily Gleaner. The author of over twenty books he still writes regularly for thirty publications world-wide.Tony lives with his partner Vivienne on the edge of Exmoor. When not at sea he plays jazz trombone and makes model boats. Over the last fifty years he has sailed the equivalent of twice round the world, stopping off as often as possible for chocolate cake. He still doesnt know why he goes sailing.
216 x 135 mms • 220 pages Illus • ISBN 0 9547062 7 7•