A savage satire of theUnited Statesin the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, theGlory, & the loud, clownish, & foulCaptainwho steers it to the brink of disaster. When the decoratedCaptainof a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, & though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up.Together with his band of petty thieves & confidence men known as theUpskirt Boys, theCaptainthrills his passengers, writing his dreams & notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, & tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of theGlorybut revered by theCaptainfor how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . .Absurd, hilarious, & all too recognizable,The Captain & the Gloryis a wicked farce of contemporaryAmericaonlyDave Eggerscould dream up.°°°Dave Eggersis the author of manybooks, including The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, What is the What, A Hologram for the King, & The Lifters.He is founder ofMcSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based inSan Franciscothat produces books, a humor website, & a journal of new writing,McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern.McSweeney’salso publishesVoice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world.Eggersis the co-founder of826 National, a network of youth writing & tutoring centers around theUnited States.