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James Finn Garner
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This was a bookclub book that someone chose. I have a very weird sense of humor and I thought this work of satire was just about as genius as it gets. Yes, it's a little ridiculous. Yes, it goes over the top at times - but that's kind of the point...
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Great story, in a unique genre. Film noir meets...circus??
Wonderful characters from the bygone era of gumshoes, but this gumshoe wears size 42s. Revenge is sweet, so this story is the equivalent of a candy store/House of Pies, if you catch my dri... " Read more of this review » |
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So much fun! Making me snort with laughter! Love the humor when an idea is taken a step too far to poke fun. So far, Jack and the Beans Talk and Three Little Pigs are my favorites.
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| Lemony Snicket is much more enjoyable as the sadistic, fatalistic narrator of other people's misfortunes than he is as a fledgling Hardy Boy. Predictably "wacky" characters, clueless officious adults, and a mystery that I didn't really care to see so...more | |
“The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone."
Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way.”
― James Finn Garner, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Modern Tales for Our Life and Times
Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way.”
― James Finn Garner, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Modern Tales for Our Life and Times
“The emperor is naked!"
The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted:
"No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!”
― James Finn Garner
The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted:
"No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!”
― James Finn Garner
“He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.”
― James Finn Garner
― James Finn Garner
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