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Gods Behaving Badly
Combining what we know of the Greek Gods and modern society, a hilariously entertaining world is created where the Gods of Olympus live together in London in a filthy, dilapidated old house, and work day jobs to pay their rent. Artemis (Goddess of the Hunt) is a dog walker, Apollo (God of the Sun) is a television psychic, Aphrodite (Goddess of Love & Beauty) is a phone sex operator, Dionysus (God of Wine and Merriment) owns a nightclub, and Eros (God of Love) has converted to Christianity, much to the chagrin of his family. Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Satire, unBucket Books
Tagged Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Gods Behaving Badly, Marie Phillips, Satire
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The Dice Man
Imagine a world where instead of hemming and hawing about your awful job, you simply say “If I roll a one or a two, I stay at my job. Three or four, I quit. Five or six, I quit AND tell my boss what a ridiculous ass he is.” Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Satire, unBucket Books
Tagged Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Luke Rhinehart, Satire, The Dice Man
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Choke
The first lines of Choke explain that you won’t love Victor Mancini, and they’re right. Victor is a medical school dropout who may be a sex addict. Anyway, he attends the meetings (and generally winds up in the bathroom, having sex with one of the other twelve-steppers.) His mother is wasting away in an expensive care facility which Victor has to pay for. He does so by supplementing his day job income (he works in a re-enactment museum which forces him to be in character for the 1800′s) by going to fancy restaurants and pretending to choke. Continue reading
Posted in 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die, Comedy, Fiction, Satire
Tagged Book Reviews, Books, Choke, Chuck Palahniuk, Comedy, Fiction, Satire
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A Clockwork Orange
I viddied the sinny before I read this veshch, which is most unfortunate. Once I had a chance to run my glazzies over the pages I was surprised, O my brothers, for I found the book to be real horrorshow. Continue reading
