The Good Shepherd is a 1955 nautical and war novel by C. S. Forester. First published in the U.S., it illustrates the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. It is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories. "A high and glittering excitement...[Forester] has no master and few peers." - The New York Times "Nothing more exciting has been launched since ...
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The Good Shepherd is a 1955 nautical and war novel by C. S. Forester. First published in the U.S., it illustrates the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. It is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories. "A high and glittering excitement...[Forester] has no master and few peers." - The New York Times "Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea ." - The Guardian "C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea." - Time "Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." - Life Magazine
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I would never have guessed that this book was written by C. S. Forester...it lacks his usual crispness, character development and attention to detail.
The book plods from one "crisis" to the next, and by the time I finished, I was nearly exhausted from boredom. Also, the captain spent a lot more time in the john than most protagonists.
If the Hornblower novels were no better written than this book, we'd never have heard of C. S. Forester.
Yachtsman
Feb 5, 2009
Duty, Duty, Duty
This is, in my opinion, Forester's best. It is a study in seamanship, leadership and dedication to duty. It should be required reading at the US Naval Acadamy. It describes all the attributes that make a fine naval officer.
TerryRussianHill
May 7, 2007
The Good Shepard
Only the second novel with an American hero by the master of naval fiction it uses biblical quotations to dramatic effect. I had always thought that author Forester shared his most famous character's (Horatio Hornblower) freethinking ways so I was surprised at his biblical mastery.