false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648065m/66859.jpg 317457 16 Those of us who have already discovered Stephen Fry know him as the brilliant British comedian behind TV series such as Jeeves & Wooster and Blackadder, and the author of two enormously funny novels, The Liar and The Hippopotamus. But his new film (in which he plays Oscar Wilde) and his new novel (this one) represent a somewhat alarming departure from his previous work: They're more serious. Though humor is still an essential ingredient of both, Fry's fans are finally getting to witness the emotional depth that this brilliant polymath usually keeps hidden.<br><br>In Making History, Fry has bitten off a rather meaty chunk by tackling an at first deceptively simple premise: What if Hitler had never been born? An unquestionable improvement, one would reason--and so an earnest history grad student and an aging German physicist idealistically undertake to bring this about by preventing Adolf's conception. And with their success is launched a brave new world that is in some ways better than ours--but in most ways even worse. Fry's experiment in history makes for his most ambitious novel yet, and his most affecting. His first book to be set mostly in America, it is a thriller with a funny streak, a futuristic fantasy based on one of mankind's darkest realities. It is, in every sense, a story of our times.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 1384 1996 Making History total:704|5:209|4:279|3:173|2:36|1:7| 704 2759 1071 67 317457 0099457067 9780099457060 557 49 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173720588m/317457.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/317457.Making_History 5 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jan 30 10:15:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 02:59:18 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 317457 0099457067 9780099457060 557 49 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173720588m/317457.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/317457.Making_History 3 1 false Mon Feb 16 21:08:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 10:19:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1139299 0099464810 9780099464815 37 7 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181333633m/1139299.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1139299.Making_History 5 1 false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 21:19:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 12:10:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 317457 0099457067 9780099457060 557 49 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173720588m/317457.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/317457.Making_History 2 1 false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 09:32:50 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 07:02:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1139299 0099464810 9780099464815 37 7 3.92 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181333633m/1139299.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1139299.Making_History 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 14:47:14 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 12:53:16 -0700 2007
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