书目

Pistache

内容简介

pistache(pis-tash):afriendlyspooforparodyofanother'swork.[Derivuncertain.Possiblyacrossbetweenpasticheandp**stake.]FromThomasHardy'sfootballreporttoDanBrown'svisittothecashdispenser,theworkofthegreatandthenot-so-greatisheresentupwithlittlehopeofcomingdown.MostofthesepiecesbegantheirlifeonRadioFour'sTheWriteStuff,buthavebeenretooledfortheprintedpage.Others,suchasMartinAmis'sfirstdayatHogwarts,havebeenwrittenspeciallyforthiscollection.PhilipLarkin'sLinesinCelebrationoftheQueenMother's115thBirthday,firstbanned,thencutbytheBBC,appearsinitsentiretyforthefirsttime.Thisisnotabookforthefaint-heartedorthedownstairslavatory.Itisabookforthebedsidetableofsomeoneyoucannotlivewithout.

作者简介

SebastianFaulkswasbornandbroughtupinNewbury,Berkshire.Heworkedinjournalismbeforestartingtowritebooks.HeisbestknownfortheFrenchtrilogy,TheGirlattheLiond'Or,BirdsongandCharlotteGray(1989-1997)andisalsotheauthorofatriplebiography,TheFatalEnglishman(1996);asmallbookofliteraryparodies,Pistache(2006);andthenovelsHumanTraces(2005),Engleby(2007)andAWeekinDecember(2009).HelivesinLondonwithhiswifeandtheirthreechildren.

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