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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I liked this book as i like the style inwhich Pablo Tusset describle things. The story is about Pablo Miralles who is a fat and rude thirty year old. He comes from a rich family whom treats him like a child. His brother is the president of the family business and when his brother disappears, Pablo finds himself in the centre of a mind-bending adventure. He must get throught this as his brother would! A very funny, slight rude and irreverent story. no reviews | add a review
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An easy-riding, ball-busting comedy of bad manners, this is one of the most surprising and entertaining literary debuts of recent years. Pablo Baloo Miralles, a fat, useless and flatulent thirty-year-old, is the black sheep of his obscenely wealthy family. While he dedicates his days to online philosophy chatrooms and his nights to whatever pleasures he can find, his brother, 'The First,' is president of his booming family business. But, when 'The First' suddenly disappears, Pablo finds himself being sucked into a hair-raising, mind-bending adventure - an adventure in which he must use all of his well-honed survival instincts to come out alive. No library descriptions found. |
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Con un titolo così accattivante mi aspettavo qualcosa di più. In realtà l'interesse del libro si esaurisce nell'originalità del titolo.
La storia, giallo-pallida, è del tipo à la Pinketts dunque, solo per chi ama il genere. Lo "sbroglio della matassa" poi, vira abbondantemente nell'assurdo-surreale. Niente di male, per carità. Ma allora deve essere il tono di tutto il libro (es. Pforde) e non una deviazione così repentina da sembrare appiccicata all'ultimo momento, tanto per venirne fuori.
Protagonista antipatico e troppo "maledetto": l'autore tanto sbaglia di misura che riesce a rendere simpatica, per opposizione, la perbenista famiglia del protagonista, vittima esplicita dei suoi strali anti-sociali.
Ps. Oltretutto, il meglio che possa capitare a una brioche è di essere imburrata. Va bene, e così sia. Ma usare la margarina per farlo...
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