《Man Overboard》是英國作家莫妮卡·狄更斯創作、Continnuum-3PL出版的長篇小說，以二戰後英國裁撤軍備為背景，聚焦退伍軍人群體的社會轉型困境。
小說以被迫退役的海軍中校為主角，講述其從潛艇指揮官到平民的身份轉換過程。36歲的鰥夫帶著年幼女兒，在戰後經濟萎縮的現實中艱難謀生，同時面臨與社會脫節的深層焦慮。作者以輕幽默手法描繪主人公在陌生環境中的掙扎，通過個體的命運起伏折射社會結構變革對軍人階層的衝擊，揭示職業身份剝離帶來的普遍生存挑戰。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Man Overboard
- 作者：Monica Dickens
- 出版社：Bloomsbury
- ISBN：9781448201143
內容簡介
Lieutenant-Commander， the hero of this novel， is axed from the Navy at the age of thirty-six， one of many thousands obliged to re-plan their lives as the result of cuts in the armed services. A widower with a small daughter， he has no experience or knowledge outside submarines and the Royal Navy.
His whole life had been that of a sailor since he joined up direct from school at the beginning of the war. This is not only the story of his struggles and adventures when he tries to find some way of earning his living; it is the story of his difficulty in adjusting himself to an unfamiliar civilian world.
Monica Dickens's novel is the story of all such men in any of the services who find themselves so rudely thrust into the ordinary life of their country which， though they have served unselfishly， they find they are ill-equipped to live in. Written with the lighter humorous touch of some of her earlier books， it is a sympathetic presentation of the human side of one of those mass adjustments forced on society by the changing nature of the world and its affairs.
