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Reviewer:
Alan Chin
Publisher:
Aquarius Publishing
Pages:
148
Set
in the beginning of the 1900’s aboard the RMS Noricum, traveling from England
to New York, Jeremiah Hudgejaw is on the lookout for a husband for his daughter
and a wife for himself. Jeremiah is a super rich, super homophobic,
self-absorbed loudmouth who has a knack for offending nearly everyone he meets.
Also, he often can’t tell if a person is male or female, which gets him into
trouble when he is smitten by a young steward who he mistakes for a female.
Jeremiah
is joined on this cruise by several quirky characters who provide both humor
and romance. The comedy is built on the kind of absurd misunderstanding one
finds in Oscar Wilde’s plays.
The
writing is well crafted, fast paced, and breezy in this somewhat entertaining
historical satire that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the topic of homophobia
and gay marriage. The story is rather predictable, the premises are too absurd, none of
the characters are the least bit likeable, and the humor gets tiresome
rather quickly, yet it leaves a smile on the reader’s face.
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