Nonsense Novels
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781590171189
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A gift? Yes-a gift for you. You're welcome.—from the introduction by Daniel Handler
Nonsense Novels sends up the silliest conventions of the ghost story, the detective story, the rags-to-riches story, the adventure story, the shipwreck story, and, of course, the story itself. Among other things. Here the close cultivation of cliché yields a bumper crop of absurdity and the utterly ludicrous turns up at every new twist of the tale.
This is a satirical masterpiece. Stephen Leacock was a genius.
Nonsense Novels sends up the silliest conventions of the ghost story, the detective story, the rags-to-riches story, the adventure story, the shipwreck story, and, of course, the story itself. Among other things. Here the close cultivation of cliché yields a bumper crop of absurdity and the utterly ludicrous turns up at every new twist of the tale.
This is a satirical masterpiece. Stephen Leacock was a genius.
| ISBN-13 | 9781590171189 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1590171187 |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.07 x 0.67 x 7.29 In |
| List Price | $16.95 |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 188 pages |
| Publisher | NYRB Classics |
| Published On | 2004-11-30 |
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