“Lobscouse and Spotted Dog”
‘Which it is a gastronomical companion to the Aubrey/ Maturin Novels’
by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and Lisa Grossman Thomas
“Preserved Killick, none so pretty”
Yes, nothing like Patrick O’Brian.
Best to start with Master and Commander, but any will do.
If you’re in the mood for something darkish, the epitomy of fine pulpfiction and noir, go for Jim Thompson. Books that punch you in the plexus. “Pop. 1280” - a good start. Short but intense.
“You will have to sail up to the Downs, eating the bread of affliction from your cable-laid baubles, and wetting it with the tears of your misery.”