Cannibals! Captives! Coconuts!

Cannibals! Captives! Coconuts!

One man's love of the sea leaves him stranded on a desert island with nothing but a few goats, a bible and a parrot for company.

Will he ever escape? Will his new pal Friday learn to efficiently press a goatskin jerkin? Or will solitude send him totally barmy?

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and is among the founders of the English novel. He wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals. David Mann is an artist and illustrator who studied illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. He has previously illustrated for both publishers and corporate clients. He lives in Hertfordshire.