Lucien Young (1) (1988–)
Auteur van Alice in Brexitland
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1988
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 50
- Populariteit
- #316,248
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 9
The characters lend themselves, with the Cheshire cat (or in this case the Cheshire Twit) being Farage, the Caterpillar (or in this case Corbyn-apillar) being Jeremy Corbyn, Tweedledee & Tweedledum (or in this case Tweedleboz & Tweedlegove) being Boris Johnson & Michael Gove, the White Rabbit (or Camerabbit) being David Cameron, and the Queen of Hearts (or Heartlessness in this instance) being Theresa May. And the perfect metaphor of Humpty Dumpty (or Trumpty Dumpty) of Donald Trump.
The story not only gives a detailed rundown of the events so far and what has taken place, it displays them for what they are - complete madness. The story is also full of songs and poems of verse to help support it.
I particularly liked the ending and wished that it was true - if nothing else because I am a devoted Prince fan and wish his death had been just a bad dream.
Despite finding myself laughing , there was a sense of surreal perversity as it really is not a joke, it is the truth about something that is current and ongoing, the madness of it has not yet stopped. And I am scared that it won't.
The ending sums it up perfectly with: "Was I dreaming then or am I dreaming now? Am I in a sane world dreaming of madness, or a mad world dreaming of sanity?"
A topical book that I hope one day will reflect a temporary time of madness the UK took on.… (meer)