Man Overboard Book

Tim Binding is perhaps our finest chronicler of British Twentieth century history through the medium of fiction. With Commander Crabb he has written the extraordinary and unlikely story of a real-life English war hero. Lionel Buster Crabb became renowned during the Second World War for his amazing feats of underwater daring. After the war he was celebrated for embodying a particular English ideal---a love for King and Country---that seemed to be dying out. In 1956, Commander Crabb disappeared during a visit to Britain by Nikita Khrushchev, who had arrived by ship. Some thought he has perished while attempting to inspect the Soviet vessel; others that he had been captured and made to work for the USSR. The truth remains unknown to this day, and out of this mystery Tim Binding has spun a wondrous piece of fiction---a deeply imaginative, gently funny and profoundly stirring exploration of the idea of Englishness. It is the story of a man who has made deep personal sacrifices for the sake of higher ideals and who must, towards the end of his days, measure the cost of those sacrifices.Set largely in WWII - the same period as Island Madness, which has sold over 60,000 copies in paperback. A highly original and deeply engrossing novel from one of Britains best writers of fictionalised contemporary history.Read More