Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century

Crace, John

ISBN 10: 1905211554 / ISBN 13: 9781905211555

Published by Random House Books, 2010

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century
• Publisher: Random House Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905211554
• ISBN 13: 9781905211555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 600 grams

About this title

Synopsis

John Crace turns his critical eye on the classics of the last century, offering bite-sized pastiches of everything from Mrs Dalloway to Trainspotting via Lolita and The Great Gatsby. Those who have never quite got around to reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man will be delighted to find its essence distilled into a handful of paragraphs. Those who have never really enjoyed Lord of the Flies will be pleased to find it hilariously parodied in an easily swallowable 982 words. And those who find all such works a little highbrow will be relieved to discover, between the covers of this book, John Crace's take on the likes of Ian Fleming, P. G. Wodehouse, and the Highway Code. Witty and sharp, this is essential reading both for those who genuinely love literature and for those who merely want to appear ridiculously well read.

About the Author

John Crace is a Guardian staff feature writer and columnist, and author of the regular Digested Read and Digested Classic columns.