Coconut Chaos

Diana Souhami

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riverrun
26 March 2013

True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; History; Maritime history

At dawn on 27 April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on the quarterdeck. This seemingly insignificant act resulted in mutiny, chaos and a chain of events that leads right up to the present day.

With a story driven by hazardous and extraordinary sea voyages and a cast that includes the Bounty mutineers, an eccentric lesbian aristocrat, Pitcairn Island sex offenders and the narrator's ancient mother, this sparkling and original book weaves together fact and fiction, history and autobiography, humour and danger in inimitable style.

By: Diana Souhami
Imprint: riverrun
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9781780878744
ISBN 10: 1780878745
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rosie's Blouse. Tauranga to Bounty Bay. On Pitcairn. Leaving Pitcairn. Other Islands. Afterword and Update.

Author Website: http://www.dianasouhami.co.uk/

Diana Souhami is the author of Selkirk's Island (winner of the Whitbread Biography award), The Trials of Radclyffe Hall (shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography and winner of the US Lambda Literary Award), the bestselling Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter (also winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a New York Times 'Notable Book of the Year'). Her latest book is Murder at Wrotham Hill. She lives in London and Devon.

Reviews for Coconut Chaos

'Subversive, philosophical, deliberately chaotic and a rattling good yarn' Independent. 'Coconut Chaos is a delight, moreish and funny' Observer. 'I was impressed by the way she has taken risks with history - her own as well as the documented story of the mutiny on the Bounty. We need writers who will tackle the given form of their medium and push at the edges of what is permissible' Jeanette Winterson, The Times.