It's only a game (Pull up a chair, buy me a beer, and a tale to you I'll tell)
Auteur(s) : Jim Eyre - Wild Places Publishing - 2004
Jim Eyre was a legend in his own lifetime – a hard caver and ardent cave rescuer, but also a talented cartoonist and outrageous raconteur. His two-part autobiography opens with It's Only a Game. - 256 pages; 25 cm. - Jim Eyre was born in 1925, so was just old enough to volunteer for service in the Second World War. A Lancashire lad, he had already experienced a series of escapades by the time he joined the Royal Navy and headed for Malta and the Med – which proved to be the ideal environment for more adventures.Those war years and his subsequent career as a freelance painter and decorator – to say nothing of his caving exploits and involvement in the heart of the Cave Rescue Organisation – established a pattern for Jim's life.
A renowned author and cartoonist with a style all his own, Jim has written his life story – warts and embarrassments and all. He is one of those rare men who not only has accomplished much, but has the talent to tell the tales to others in a rich, humorous style.
Here you will find the serious atmosphere of life on a minesweeper as well as the wild approach to shore leave of a naval rating, as seen through Jim's eyes. After the war, with Jim drawn to explore the world's caves, the balance of humour continues with his near escapes from the depths, told with relish, and the serious side of rescue and death underground.
Join Jim in It's Only a Game; it might be, but not one you will put down in a hurry – and even then your sides will be aching from laughing.
. Genre : livre neuf Prix : 24.00 €
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