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Edward Lear and the Pussycat

Famous Writers and Their Pets
PaperbackPaperback
EUR12,50

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This book salutes all of the cats and dogs, ravens and budgerigars, monkeys and guinea pigs, wombats, turtles, and two laughing jackasses, who enriched the lives of their masters and mistresses, sat on their keyboards, slept in their beds, and occasionally provided the creative spark for their stories and poems.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-7123-5244-4
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
Publishing date22/08/2019
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 136 mm, Height 205 mm, Thickness 12 mm
Weight210 g
Article no.15424466
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A38196753
Product groupBU560
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The titular essay in this collection is one of the funniest bits of writing you will ever read (full stop). Foster Wallace may be beginning to descend into the realms of the unfashionable but that should not stop you reading his account of a grim holiday on a cruise ship. From the name he gives the ship to his feelings of pure hatred for a small boy who sits at the table with him each evening and his endless stream of snide footnotes, I don't think there are many funnier examples of the essay form in English. The rest of the collection (like all collections) has some major highs and a few lows but the cruise ship is worth the cover price alone.

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