Manny’s review of Les Stripteaseuses Du Petit Écran > Likes and Comments

And here I was, dying to read this book … perhaps I should read your version ...

Thank you. I'm afraid it's not quite finished, but I'll let you know as soon as it is.

There really were a startling number of points of contact with the Beatrix Potter. Not far from the end, the heroine decides to en remettre dans le genre oie blanche - approximately, go back to playing the little goose. And the villain's red whiskers play a central role in the story. You do wonder whether the author was having a private joke here.

I hope other books you read in the future remind you of other books from Potter's oeuvre...this was delightful.

Thank you!

Paul Bryant did a Tarantino version of Benjamin Bunny...

Not half bad, Monsieur Rayner - though dear, dear, French is clumsy sometimes. I mean really. "Les stripteauseuses du petit écran"? The title is almost better than the review - almost.

I mean really. "Les stripteauseuses du petit écran"?

I think it's a nod to Mémé. You'll recall he's anglophile sans pareille... though I'm sure he couldn't use a word like stripteauseuses without blushing, even if it does have an etymology he'd approve of.

So subtle! My admiration for this series never ceases to augment.

Les Stripteaseuses was one of the better ones. The author seemed to have a sense of humour, though I'm afraid that she was stylistically even worse than usual. If it hadn't been for that, I'd have considered a third star.

One of the oddest things is how I almost always feel I can guess the gender of the ghost-writer within the first two or three chapters. I'd give long odds that this one was a woman.

Come on, admit it: you know because you and your wife write them!

I'm afraid our contracts don't permit us to reveal that information. Oops, what a giveaway!

Mr. Nosnehpets has written a version of this tale in which the gentleman, Dr Nigel Mountebank, is a plastic surgeon of dubious reputation.
He toyed with the title "The Duck and the Huckster", before deciding to call it "Quacksalver".

He toyed with the title "The Duck and the Huckster", before deciding to call it "Quacksalver".

Oh... I thought that one was "The Craptonomicon". I see you're more familiar with Mr. Nosnehpets's oeuvre than I am.

I'm only familiar with his oeufs de canard.
And his book on female painters, The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

I love the full length review in your book. So wrong, it's right.

The weird thing is that the book actually is a bit similar to Jemima Puddleduck. Probably just a coincidence, but I couldn't help wondering...

Ooh la la, quack quack

Speak for yourself, ducky.

lol, too funny