Daemonwolfbooks (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} daemonwolfbooks) wrote,@ 2008-01-17 09:30:00 |
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3/10 - Exhibitionism by Toby Litt (03/01/08)
Read Adventures in Capitalism Instead
Category: Fiction/Short Stories
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition (30 Jan 2003)
ISBN-10: 0141006536
ISBN-13: 978-0141006536
Inspired/Suggested by: I previously enjoyed another set of stories by Litt.
Synopsis: From the writer who brought you "Adventures In Capitalism" and starring the Boots Please-Use-a-Basket Girl, Mr Kipling, Michel Foucault and a Fluffy Pink Bunny Rabbit comes a brand new production, "Exhibitionism", starring Polly Morphous, Lee Perverse, the New Puritans and the Audioguide to the Museum of Inside-Your-Head. With more twists 'n' turns, more sex 'n' violence, more glitz 'n' glamour than ever before, Toby Litt is back ...and this time it's personal.
This unfortunately failed to deliver, the humour is stagnant and not as clever as the author was aiming for. The first story set the tone for me by generating a 'so what' response. Brilliant premise (what would happen if you met your dream girl and she turned out to be everything you hoped for? What would you dream of then?) but such a poor punchline that it really didn't deliver. 3/10. (For a reminder of the scale used please see my profile.)
The link to bookcrossing where you can track where the book has been and is going.
Category: Fiction/Short Stories
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition (30 Jan 2003)
ISBN-10: 0141006536
ISBN-13: 978-0141006536
Inspired/Suggested by: I previously enjoyed another set of stories by Litt.
Synopsis: From the writer who brought you "Adventures In Capitalism" and starring the Boots Please-Use-a-Basket Girl, Mr Kipling, Michel Foucault and a Fluffy Pink Bunny Rabbit comes a brand new production, "Exhibitionism", starring Polly Morphous, Lee Perverse, the New Puritans and the Audioguide to the Museum of Inside-Your-Head. With more twists 'n' turns, more sex 'n' violence, more glitz 'n' glamour than ever before, Toby Litt is back ...and this time it's personal.
This unfortunately failed to deliver, the humour is stagnant and not as clever as the author was aiming for. The first story set the tone for me by generating a 'so what' response. Brilliant premise (what would happen if you met your dream girl and she turned out to be everything you hoped for? What would you dream of then?) but such a poor punchline that it really didn't deliver. 3/10. (For a reminder of the scale used please see my profile.)
The link to bookcrossing where you can track where the book has been and is going.
