Man Overboard Author:Monica Dickens "Axed": a brutal word for a brutal action. When Ben, the Lieutenant-Commander hero of this book, was retired from the Navy, at thirty-six, it was neither Ben's nor England's finest hour. For, like so many of his kind, Ben was not at all well equipped for the rigours of civilian life. How could he be, considering that his knowledge and experience... more » were largely confined to submarines and Gosport? A widower with a small daughter, he had some very delicate first steps to take on alien dry land. You'll laugh a lot at his adventures, with with no malice in the laughter, for Monica Dickens blends sympathy with humour in this account of Ben's struggle to find a new way of earning his living.« less