Seagulls in My Soup

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More adventures and encounters a la Tristan Jones, including the delivery of a yacht from Algiers to Marseilles with some unexpected machine-gun fire thrown in, and a stormy night mercy mission transporting a battered English lady and Senora Puig who gives birth at dawn.

This self-styled work of "fictionalized fact" - displaying the author at his verbal richest - is a paean to the misfits who found refuge in Jones' company. Unforgettable characters, hilarious stories, true Tristan Jones.

"Good dialogue and great Jonesian prose, so dense you can walk on it and watch your tracks fill up with seawater." Kirkus Reviews

"The narrative, punctuated by sea chanteys and poetry, is brisk and cheerful - even when bullets fly, we know this wayward sailor will escape. Maritime jargon contributes to this spirited work's charm." Publishers Weekly

"It's irreverent, witty, inimitable Tristan Jones." Coastal Cruising

"Take a large pinch of salt with these imaginative anecdotes and enjoy the antics of a professional quaysider with the ability to combine the many facets of people he really meets to create outrageous 'fictional' characters. This is not the world of white ducks and corporate hospitality, but rather the scene of sunlit jetties and make-do and mend. Perhaps most of us indulge in that style of boating, so Mr. Jones' yarns will strike a sympathetic chord, for he catches the mood exactly." Cruising

"His characters are unforgettable and the stories hilarious. It makes a good read." Sailing

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