{"product_id":"9780099505457","title":"Brideshead Abbreviated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Crace, creator of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's 'Digested Read' column, hilariously summarises the great - and not so great - classics of modern literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearful that it may be their turn to be mercilessly sent up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow he turns his critical eye on the classics of the last century, offering bite-sized pastiches of everything from \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting \u003c\/i\u003evia \u003ci\u003eLolita \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThose who have never quite got around to reading \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e will be delighted to find its essence distilled into a handful of paragraphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who have never really enjoyed \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/i\u003ewill be pleased to find it hilariously parodied in an easily swallowable 982 words. And those who find all such works a little highbrow will be relieved to discover, between the covers of this book, John Crace's take on the likes of Ian Fleming, P. G. Wodehouse and the \u003ci\u003eHighway Code\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWitty and sharp, this is essential reading both for those who genuinely love literature and for those who merely want to appear ridiculously well read.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Crace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42940503326889,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/GL8o94u_lZT_a6LyElaWbKGG4txlX-3fSZNf5UOmub1gYA_60_60.jpg?v=1677561993","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/9780099505457","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}