Life in a Blue Suit

After 25 years in the Royal Australian Navy, a Captain prepares for a new life back on land.

Confronted by his last night at sea before joining the civilian world once again, the Captain reflects on his life and the voyages that have taken him from his days as a young lad growing up in the inner suburbs of Melbourne to his early days of service in Southeast Asia to his command of a guided missile frigate.

In the midst of a mid-life crisis and the premature end of his Navy career, the Captain realizes that life in a blue suit is very different from life on land, but no matter where our lives take us we are always the Captain of our own ship.

Author: Gerard McLennan
Paperback: 169 pages

SKU: P46158

About the Author

Gerard McLennan has been writing all his life, but this is his first “factional” novel based on his own life experiences. He is influenced by authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Joseph Conrad. McLennan lives in Sydney, Australia and works as the managing director of a professional services company. Despite being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2002, McLennan continues to write his life story. His next book, Life in a Grey Suit, will be a sequel to his current book and feature his experiences as a civilian defense consultant.