The Pirates! Band of Misfits: Film Tie-in Edition
Author(s): Gideon Defoe
Soon to be a major motion picture from Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures. It is 1837, and for the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain and his rag-tag piratecrew, life on the high seas has gotten a little dull. With nothing to do but twiddle their hooks and lounge aimlessly on tropical beaches, the Captain decides it' s time they had an adventure. A surprisingly successful boat raid leads them to the young Charles Darwin, in desperate need of their help. And so the pirates set forth for London in a bid to save the scientist from the evil machinations of a diabolical Bishop. There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, the Elephant Man - and have an exciting trip to the zoo.
Product Information
The film, made by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures, will be released on 30th March 2012. The film features the voice of Hugh Grant (as Pirate Captain), Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman and, of course, Brian Blessed The first Aardman film since Flushed Away, this will be a major film and will have a huge advertising campaign Combined sales of previous editions of this book are over 17,000 copies (Nielsen BookScan)
'A timber-shivering adventure that speaks to the pirate in all of us' - Ben Schott 'A short, deliriously funny novel about incredibly stupid pirates and ham ... I've had to grow a luxuriant beard to conceal the grin that's been compromising my dignity since I read it' - Ardal O'Hanlon 'Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of pirate comic fiction' - Eric Idle 'Very funny, very silly and highly original' - Esquire
Gideon Defoe lives in London. He wrote this book about pirates to impress a girl. You can visit the Pirate Captain's website at www.piratecaptain.co.uk
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 30 November 2011
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Gideon Defoe
- : Paperback
- : Export ed