"GONE TO SEA IN A BUCKET" brings home to the reader the lives of the sailors of the Royal Navy who served in the submarine service during the early years of the Second World War. The author writes knowingly of his subject with a richly layered prose that will make the reader want to know more about the adventures and perils faced by submariners on the high seas. I absolutely SAVORED reading this novel and look forward to reading the 2 additional novels in the series.