Little God Ben, J. Jefferson Farjeon
Little God Ben, J. Jefferson Farjeon
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Little God Ben

Author: J. Jefferson Farjeon

Narrator: David John

Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/11/2016


Synopsis

Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible Ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. But his luck doesn’t last long when they are all shipwrecked in the Pacific. Seen through Ben’s eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo-jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. And every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has God-like powers . . . Brought back by popular demand after a gap of three years, Ben the tramp’s reappearance in Little God Ben transported his humour, charm and rare philosophy to a startlingly new setting in this quintessentially 1930s comedy thriller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on June 18, 2022

Utter hokum! J. Jefferson Farjeon's character "Ben the Tramp" it's hard not to totally dismiss this book. Ben is shipwrecked in the Pacific with small of of fellow and finds himself proclaimed a god but a benevolent god. A book of it's time but contains a god heart.......more


Quotes

‘His dialogue is invariably amusing.’ DAILY MAIL ‘Mr Farjeon’s Ben is not merely a character but a parable. He is a mixture of Trimalchio and the Old Kent Road, a notable coward, a notable hero, above all a supreme humorist … Someone ought to make a film of this book. It would bring the house down.’ Seton Dearden in Time and Tide