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 Pistache - Sebastian Faulks
Newest Review: ... clever little title that fits the book so well. Before I rush in where `Angels Fear to Tread` I would just like to issue a ... more  ... warning, though the book has only 103 pages it is not for the faint hearted or the easily offended. The humour is very much an acquired taste that some may struggle to chew !
Faulks dons his boxing gloves, casts every inhibition that he has ever had to the wind and slings the ink as far as anyone would dare.
In fact the BBC banned one of the passages entitled `Lines in Celebration of the Queen Mother's 115th Birthday`.
Faulks is adamant that no-one will escape and he sets sails on his very own cloud ( complete with lar...more |
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Pistache - Sebastian Faulks: Fun with Faulks. (900 words)
by - written on 14/10/09 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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Sebastian Faulks has allowed his ink to run freely when writing this collection of whimsical literary send-ups which will undoubtedly cause some to roar with laughter and others to groan inwardly at the pie in the sky style of writing. Sebastian Faulks has penned many novels which include his best seller `Birdsong` and `A Trick of the Light` . Faulks was born in 1953 and he was educated at both Emmanuel and Wellington colleges in Cambridge. Faulks was a respected columnist for `The Guardian` and `The Evening Standard`. A Fellow of the royal Society of Literature Faulks was awarded a CBE in 2002. Many of the satirical squibs included within the book ... Read the complete review
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