TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholas Monsarrat
TI  - The Nylon Pirates
SN  - 9780330101837
U1  - 823.914 
PY  - 1963///
CY  - Suffolk
PB  - Pan Books
KW  - Fiction
N2  - Alcestis, a British luxury liner, moored in New York and bound on a cruise to the Caribbean, South America and Africa, awaits her exclusive passengers -- businessmen with mid-life crises, large bank balances and unforgiving wives; legacy-laden women looking for love and adventure; and divorcees with settlements to squander. But another group of passengers threatens to upset their opulent trip. These are the twentieth-century pirates -- suave, elegant, discreet and utterly unscrupulous, with a singular purpose in mind and a collection of ruthless strategies
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