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Loading... Pistache (original 2006; edition 2006)by Sebastian Faulks
Work detailsPistache by Sebastian Faulks (2006)
None. It is spoof of another's work. None of the spoof is more than 2 pages long. Few ecamples, Martin Amis sends his lad to Hogwarts, Jane Austen steps out with American Psycho or Dan Brown visits the cash dispenser. Some of sotuations alone are funny. Sometimes complex writing on innocent subject as 'how to boil an egg' makes it funny (Updike). Though since I have never read Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, Chaucer or Updike - several of spoofs were lost on me or I couldn't appreciate their art completely. When I actually read these authors, I will come back to this book. (  ) poonamsharma | Apr 6, 2013 |  Unmatched, all the way from the title to the end note (  ) Faradaydon | Feb 9, 2013 | Short patrodies of English literature's greats. Kingsley Amis has a hot at a female narrator, The Brontes place some lonely hearts ads. (  ) triscuit | Sep 17, 2007 | Pistache (pastiche/p*ss-take) is a small humorous book compiled from the only amusing round of an otherwise fairly tedious Radio 4 literary quiz. The contestants are asked to prepare a parody of a celebrated writer on an incongruous theme. So here we have Thomas Hardy's football report, Martin Amis' first day at Hogwarts, a Samuel Beckett monologue for Ronnie Corbett, James Bond at the supermarket, Sylvia Plath telling the story of Goldilocks and so on. Most amusing and inventive, but no roaring belly-laughs ( )2  dylanwolf | Oct 28, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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