Jack and the Check Book

by John Kendrick Bangs

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Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1911

About the author

John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining cute listening 🎶🔰

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Did short takes about Jack doing things to make money 💰 in various ways. Some are better than others but that is normal for multiple story books 📚.

I would recommend this novella and author to 👍 readers of fantasy world 🌎 novels 👍🔰. 2023 😀👒☺😮

[Mike Pemby]

The author tries and fails to continue the fun concept he had with Alice in Blunderland. Unlike the Alice book which was a quick read. This one drags and I couldn't figure out what the political issues were that this was supposed to be mocking. Also it wasnt that funny.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 3rd bang book in as many days; good fun to listen to while doing other things
Toppletons client my favourite so far

[David Macpherson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bangs wrote this around 1910, a look at the end of the gilded age, using rewritten fairy tales. There is a lot of financial chicanery in these stories and some work better than others. Jack and the Check Book, the story, seemed to be about the joy of check kiting. Nice to know. The problem is that the answer for the poor to even hope to beat the ultra rich, they need the help of fantasy creatures. THis is probably true, but not the most enjoyable reading. The aladin story ends the book and it is so terribly racist I had a hard time finishing it. I know its part of the time, but I don't have to like it. I like reading Bangs because he was a working writer and he just tossed out books he hoped people would be amused by and purchase. He was prolific and they can't all be winners. This was definitely in the L column.