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Bezig met laden... Smoking Dot In the Distancedoor Ivor Gould
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Deze bespreking was geschreven voorLibraryThing lid Weggevers. Hilarious irreverent nonsense. Great one-liners, jokes, and funny takes on historical events. Describing a lifestyle that has faded away to some extent. Amusing and brilliant. Read it now! ( )Deze bespreking was geschreven voorLibraryThing lid Weggevers. A Smoking Dot in the Distance is, quite literally, a farce. We hear, in the words of the (anti-)hero himself, about the early life, adolescence and subsequent court case at the Old Bailey for treason (a conviction for which in the 1950s could still lead to being hung – but not drawn and quartered) of Jeffery Cork.Along the way we are introduced to Doris Allerdyce’s mauve shoes, a Russian spy/housekeeper who calls herself De Kuyper (after the cherry brandy) and Uncle “Red” Fred and Aunt Ada. There is plenty of sexual innuendo and some action, with much mention of an elephant’s genitalia attached to wheels and pulleys and kept in the prep school dorm, as well as an injury sustained to his friend Bernard on the fence railings during childhood. Its bawdy nature will no doubt offend some of a more sensitive nature, so be warned. Our narrator, Jeffery, lurches from one improbable situation to another, with great hilarity. So, despite being in excess of 500 pages, this book does not feel as “long” as you might expect. The book is set during the 40s and 50s in England, with many references to what were then well-known characters, brands etc. For those of us too young to know first hand what Jeffery is referring to, Wikipedia is our friend. Well respected when this book was first published in 1991, A Smoking Dot in the Distance is now available for the Kindle. I was provided with a complimentary copy of this title by the author. I have received no remuneration for this review.
'A MARVELLOUSLY RUDE PICARESQUE, A RANDY BILDUNGSROMAN ... SHREWDLY DARK SATIRE'
This first novel is a bawdy romp through the ridiculous, featuring Jeffrey Cork, who disappears from the Skegness Hilton in 1989, at the age of 60. He has had encounters with a variety of colourful characters and events, including a brush with a KGB sergeant in Moscow, and the fall of Singapore. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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