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Literary ombudsman John Crace never met an important book he didn’t like to deconstruct. From Salman Rushdie to John Grisham, Crace retells the big books in just 500 bitingly satirical words, pointing his pen at the clunky plots, stylistic tics and pretensions to Big Ideas, as he turns publishers’ golden dream books into dross. In the grand tradition of Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg, Crace takes the books that produce the most media hype and retells each story in its author’s inimitable style. Writers like Philip Roth, Don DeLillo, Margaret Drabble, Paul Auster, Alice Sebold, John Updike, Tom Wolfe, Ruth Rendell, A.S. Byatt, John LeCarré, Michael Crichton and Ian McEwan all emerge delightfully scathed in this book that makes it easy to talk knowingly about books you’ve never bothered to read or, for that matter, should have.
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John Crace's Digested Read, has become a legend in the literary world. His gifted 500 word reviews enjoy a worldwide following. Don't miss these brilliant, hilarious and deadly accurate reviews. It's a perfect gift for the bibliophile in your life. With friends like John Crace, the literary world no longer needs enemies.
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"The best book-related feature in any of this planet’s English-language newspapers."
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- PublisherGuardian Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1843544849
- ISBN 13 9781843544845
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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