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Pistache

Pistache

by Sebastian Faulks

ParodiesFictionHumor (Fiction)Humor, form, parodiesImitation in literature
4.0
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About this book

A collection of fanciful, satirical and surprising parodies, squibs and pastiches inspired by The Write Stuff on Radio 4pistache (pis-tash): a friendly spoof or parody of another's work. [Deriv uncertain. Possibly a cross between pastiche and p**stake.]From Thomas Hardy's football report to Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser, the work of the great and the not-so-great is here sent up with little hope of coming down.Most of these pieces began their life on Radio Four's The Write Stuff, but have been retooled for the printed page. Others, such as Martin Amis's first day at Hogwarts, have been written specially for this collection.Philip Larkin's Lines in Celebration of the Queen Mother's 115th Birthday, first banned, then cut by the BBC, appears in its entirety for the first time.This is not a book for the faint-hearted or the downstairs lavatory. It is a book for the bedside table of someone you cannot live without.

Themes & subjects

ParodiesFictionHumor (Fiction)Humor, form, parodiesImitation in literatureParody

About the author

Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks

20 April 1953

British journalist and novelist

Author

Sebastian Faulks

Pages

160

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Hutchinson

ISBN

9780099549499

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