Kingston by Starlight: A Novel
 

Kingston by Starlight: A Novel

by Christopher John Farley

Irish-born Anne Bonny is only a teenager when she is left destitute by her mother’s death. Abandoned by her father, she seems destined to be forgotten by the world. But Anne chooses to seek her fortune in the lush tropics of the colonial West Indies, where she passes herself off as a young man named Bonn. She finds work as a ship’s hand, sailing under the command of Calico Jack Rackam, a... (read more)

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Katydid
  • Rated 2 stars

I had extremely mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed the pirate adventures, the historical aspects of piracy and the sensual descriptions of West Indian ports of call, but I think the end really went off-course and, frankly, stank. The sexuality was rather banal, as though the author allowed himself to indulge in writing all of his adolescent fantasies. Finally, the involvement of the alpha female pirate (a lesbian) with the wimpy loser "Poop" (a barely pubescent male) because she...

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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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