There's still time to join the BookCrossing Day Contest...
But you'll have to be fast! The last day to enter is January 31. So don't miss out on your chance to amaze or amuse us with your art! Read more about this hereThe Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
2 journalers for this copy...
I picked this up on whim as the third book in a 3 for 2 at waterstones -- mainly because of the cover (I did a medieval history degree, so bear with me).
Here's what the sunday times had to say:
" Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf opens with a stomach-turning description of the state of Pope Leo's backside. The narrator is a hunchbacked dwarf and it is his job to read aloud from St Augustine while salves are applied to the Papal posterior. Born of humble stock, and at one time the inmate of a freak show, the dwarf now moves in the highest circles of holy skulduggery and buggery. Madsen's book is essentially a romp, although an unusually erudite one, and his scatalogical and bloody look at the Renaissance is grotesque. fruity and filthy" Phil Baker in The Sunday Times
It's very good, and surprisingly hard to put down.
***UPDATE: 15th December 2003***
I've decided to add this to the "not so secret santa" package that I am sending out - hopefully this is some compensation for the main gift being absolutely nothing of a surprise. I look forward to hearing what you think....
Here's what the sunday times had to say:
" Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf opens with a stomach-turning description of the state of Pope Leo's backside. The narrator is a hunchbacked dwarf and it is his job to read aloud from St Augustine while salves are applied to the Papal posterior. Born of humble stock, and at one time the inmate of a freak show, the dwarf now moves in the highest circles of holy skulduggery and buggery. Madsen's book is essentially a romp, although an unusually erudite one, and his scatalogical and bloody look at the Renaissance is grotesque. fruity and filthy" Phil Baker in The Sunday Times
It's very good, and surprisingly hard to put down.
***UPDATE: 15th December 2003***
I've decided to add this to the "not so secret santa" package that I am sending out - hopefully this is some compensation for the main gift being absolutely nothing of a surprise. I look forward to hearing what you think....
This book arrived as a Not-So-Secret-Father-Christmas present from SwissToni.
It's a lovely surprise. I know nothing about the book but look forward to journalling it when I finish reading it.
Thanks again to SwissToni for his generosity - no need to apologise for the other book not being a surprise. There was only one book on my wishlist, and now I've received that one too - lucky me!
It's a lovely surprise. I know nothing about the book but look forward to journalling it when I finish reading it.
Thanks again to SwissToni for his generosity - no need to apologise for the other book not being a surprise. There was only one book on my wishlist, and now I've received that one too - lucky me!
Released at CoffeeLink at BC meet-up