Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century
by John Crace | Humor | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099505452 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099505452 Global Overview for this book
3 journalers for this copy...
Merciless and laugh-out-loud collection of parodies on the 20th century classic literary works. The author imitates the original works' tone with impressive accuracy, and despite it's a bit too sarcastic at times, it's a good read for bleak moments.
Journal Entry 2 by tximeleta-vlc at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, September 23, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (9/23/2013 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Sent to vaga-bonde, the first person in the Bookring. Hope you enjoy it! :-)
Got the book sent by tximeleta-vlc this morning. Thank you for sharing it and for the information on Alicante! I will start reading it ASAP.
I have to admit I haven't read all the 100 books reviewed by John Crace. It helps when you know the novels, or at least the authors. Some of the short satirical summaries are very clever and funny, the style of the authors well captured. Others I thought were viciously cruel. I wonder who/what this critic likes to read? Easier to make fun of masterpieces than to write them...
I mailed the book today to its next reader, Sintra, in Germany.
I mailed the book today to its next reader, Sintra, in Germany.
The book is here now and will be read soon. Thanks a lot! :)
