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The Digested Read

2005-12 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2005-12
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 592/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Digested Read by : John Crace

Download or read book The Digested Read written by John Crace. This book was released on 2005-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of Big Ideas, as he turns publishers' golden dream books into dross.

Brideshead Abbreviated

2010-10-14 Humor
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Release : 2010-10-14
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 744/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Brideshead Abbreviated by : John Crace

Download or read book Brideshead Abbreviated written by John Crace. This book was released on 2010-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearful that it may be their turn to be mercilessly sent up. Now he 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.

It

2014-08-07 Self-Help
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Release : 2014-08-07
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 206/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis It by : Alexa Chung

Download or read book It written by Alexa Chung. This book was released on 2014-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexa Chung's IT: the Top Ten Bestseller from the international fashion muse and Vogue contributing editor Now a Penguin paperback, this one-off collection of Alexa Chung's writing, doodles and photographs combines stories of early style inspirations such as her grandpa and the Spice Girls with discussion of figures of obsession like Jane Birkin and Annie Hall, reflecting on heartbreak, how to get dressed in the morning, the challenges of taking a good selfie, and more. Interspersed with pages from Alexa's notebooks and many a photo of a good night out, It is now perfectly sized for any bag - handbag or otherwise. Witty, charming and with a refreshingly down-to-earth attitude, It is a must-have for anyone who loves fashion, worries about growing up, or loves just about everything Alexa Chung. 'If you love Alexa Chung, buy it. If you are interested in fashion and style, buy it. If you're after a book full of pretty pictures and inspo, buy it' - Cosmopolitan Alexa Chung is a model and contributing editor to British Vogue. The recipient of numerous style awards, Alexa has won the prestigious British Style Award (voted for by the public) three years in a row. She currently lives in New York City.

May I Have Your Attention Please?

2011-09-29 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011-09-29
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 33X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis May I Have Your Attention Please? by : James Corden

Download or read book May I Have Your Attention Please? written by James Corden. This book was released on 2011-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So... the story of my life. I've often thought about this moment, about what it would be like to write my memoirs. I always thought it would make me feel important. It doesn't. If anything it makes me feel a little strange. The truth is, I should never have been this famous guy. I wasn't the cool, clever, good-looking boy at school. But I always dreamt of it, hoped for it, longed for it: throughout school when I was disruptive, in my teens when I tried to form my own boy band and through hundreds of auditions for parts which were met with constant rejection. Until finally I co-wrote Gavin and Stacey. And my whole life changed. This is that story. The story of how I found myself here, talking to you.

Outside In

2012-01-23 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012-01-23
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 988/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Outside In by : Peter Hain

Download or read book Outside In written by Peter Hain. This book was released on 2012-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hain has always spoken his mind. So he does in this book. Here he tells his story as an outsider turned insider: anti-apartheid militant to Cabinet minister, serving twelve years in Labour's government between May 1997 and May 2010. Growing up as the son of courageous anti-apartheid South Africans, Peter Hain was first in the public eye aged fifteen, reading at the funeral of an anti-apartheid friend hanged in Pretoria. Living in exile in Britain during his late teens, he led campaigns to disrupt whites-only South African sports tours. His political notoriety resulted in two extraordinary Old Bailey trials and a letter bomb. Hain recalls his role in negotiating the historic 2007 settlement in Northern Ireland, being Britain's first-ever African born Africa Minister, and acting as a passionate advocate and deliverer of devolved government to Wales. Featuring Iraq, Mugabe, Europe, Gibraltar, blood diamonds, work alongside MI5 and MI6, and the delivery of justice for workers robbed of their pensions and compensation for sick miners, Hain's autobiography gives a fascinating insight into life near the top of the Blair and Brown governments.

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