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When we came to the end, we loved it

Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

February 24, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

I picked up this novel because I enjoyed Joshua Ferris’s To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, though, as my review states, I was at a loss to explain exactly why I liked it. Ferris’s sense of humor appealed to me, though, and I like authors who don’t claim to have all the answers. Then We Came to the End is his first novel, and it is certainly a curiosity. Written in first-person plural point of view, the narrators’ “we” refers to the employees of an […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, comedy, dark comedy, Joshua Ferris, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr11, comedy, dark comedy, Joshua Ferris, KimMiE" ·
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It Was His Boat

February 3, 2015 by DataAngel Leave a Comment

Terry Southern predicted reality television. Guy Grand is (possibly) the wealthiest person alive. He amuses himself by pranking people. Sometimes they’re relatively harmless and the victim comes out of it slightly embarrassed but unharmed and (sometimes substantially) richer. Sometimes the pranks are vile or disturbing and Guy works to stir the crowds up, leading to riots or mass humiliation. A few are actually clever. “The Magic Christian” is his ultimate prank. He buys an ocean liner, has it redecorated, and installs a closed-circuit television system. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: dark comedy, Fiction, Satire

DataAngel's CBR7 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dark comedy, Fiction, Satire ·
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