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Private Eye is proud to present Craig Brown's Imaginary Friends. In these increasingly uncouth days of intrusive journalism, it has fallen to Private Eye to provide a sanctuary from the hurly-burly of rumour and innuendo. On the Diary page, celebrities and literary giants have vied for an invitation from Craig Brown to contribute their words of wit and wisdom to tell us what they really think - or what they would really think, if only they had been given the chance. Comprising the very best of the authors Private Eye diary column, this collection has been lovingly compiled to guarantee a dose of intoxicating laughter on every page. Mixing parody, satire, and social observation, Craig Brown's Imaginary Friends is a hilarious selection of work by the writer recently named as Britain's foremost satirist.
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This is a very amusing little anthology of literary impersonations- each vignette is written in the style of the subject being lampooned. Brown is an excellent literary mimic- very funny indeed, and with a knack for probing ruthlessly at the pretensions of his subjects, be they literary heavyweights like Martin Amis and Robert Hughes, or vapid celebrities like Sara Cox and George Michael ("We've got to get this Iraq thing sorted right? We can't go around killing innocent people, regardless of their sexuality.")
Brown is also very good at targeting social snobbery- such as his subtly vicious dissection of Mary Archer ("I am the chairman of the Ethics Committee at Addenbrookes hospital, and well used to coming down hard on those who lie incompetently.") His skit on David Starkey is also brilliant, replete with patronising, reactionary asides ("Let's aim for a bit of accuracy in our history, shall we ladies?"). But what makes Brown more than just a comedian is his literary nous. His take on Martin Amis is not just a ridiculing of the author's pretensions, but also functions as a withering critique of his recent book "Koba the Dread"- ("Why pray, is it necessary to point out at this post-millenial juncture that Iosif Stalin is no mate of this 52-year-old novelist?" Why, indeed?) And likewise, the spoof of Christopher Ricks, entitled "Cliff Richard's Visions of Sin" is both a mickey-take of the author's "Dylan's Visions of Sin," as well as an accurate mockery of the excesses of academic writing.
Anyhow, there is too much wit in this little book to recount here. Reccommended to anyone with a sense of humour.
Brown is also very good at targeting social snobbery- such as his subtly vicious dissection of Mary Archer ("I am the chairman of the Ethics Committee at Addenbrookes hospital, and well used to coming down hard on those who lie incompetently.") His skit on David Starkey is also brilliant, replete with patronising, reactionary asides ("Let's aim for a bit of accuracy in our history, shall we ladies?"). But what makes Brown more than just a comedian is his literary nous. His take on Martin Amis is not just a ridiculing of the author's pretensions, but also functions as a withering critique of his recent book "Koba the Dread"- ("Why pray, is it necessary to point out at this post-millenial juncture that Iosif Stalin is no mate of this 52-year-old novelist?" Why, indeed?) And likewise, the spoof of Christopher Ricks, entitled "Cliff Richard's Visions of Sin" is both a mickey-take of the author's "Dylan's Visions of Sin," as well as an accurate mockery of the excesses of academic writing.
Anyhow, there is too much wit in this little book to recount here. Reccommended to anyone with a sense of humour.
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