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The Faber Book of Parodies
This book will change your life!
Hilarious, tender and deeply shocking, this irresistible collection contains the wealth of wit and wisdom of our literary heritage. It will be hailed as the publishing event of all time.
Simon Brett, the greatest anthologist of the age, has, in The Faber Book of Parodies, completed his lifework, a compilation that will last as long as literature itself. No one for whom the names of Tom Stoppard, Geoffrey Chaucer, Clive James, William Wordsworth, Max Beerbohm, John Milton and P G Wodehouse are not as familiar as the alphabet can afford to ignore this sensational achievement.
Hilarious, tender and deeply shocking, this irresistible collection contains the wealth of wit and wisdom of our literary heritage. It will be hailed as the publishing event of all time.
Simon Brett, the greatest anthologist of the age, has, in The Faber Book of Parodies, completed his lifework, a compilation that will last as long as literature itself. No one for whom the names of Tom Stoppard, Geoffrey Chaucer, Clive James, William Wordsworth, Max Beerbohm, John Milton and P G Wodehouse are not as familiar as the alphabet can afford to ignore this sensational achievement.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
About the author
Simon Brett
385 books566 followersSimon Brett, OBE, FRSL is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.
He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.
He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.
After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.
He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.
He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.
He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.
After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.
He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.
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June 26, 2025
Bought this thinking it would be funny. It wasn't. It was a collection of pieces written by people in the style of a more famous author. Joke wore thin very quickly.
January 20, 2008
i stole it from the library of narrabundah college, canberra, australia
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