- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: BEAUTIFUL BOOKS (7 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905636997
- ISBN-13: 978-1905636990
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 658,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Janet Shirley's husband is special. He has a 'photographic brain', which wins the modest used-car salesman and his wife an easy fortune on England's most popular high-stakes TV quiz show. Recklessly, the Shirleys revel in new-found affluence, and locquacious Janet obligingly provides details of first-class travel, luxury hotels, mink coats, a bit of adultery and - ultimately, outrageously, hilariously - not entirely accidental death.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful - why isn't this book more well-known?
8 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
_One Hand Clapping_ is that rarity, a truly rousing, dark, and hilarious satire which doesn't get lost by either being too silly or too dark. An excellent compromise, with an added bonus of not uncovering its true point until around the end. I can't help but sympathize with poor Burgess, whose entire life's work was defined by _A Clockwork Orange_; while that, too, is an excellent work, he has so much more in his back catalogue than just droogs and moloko!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
a slap at the "who wants to be a millionaire?" crowd
19 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
One Hand Clapping is a short, bitterly humorous look at a British working-class couple who strive to win a fortune on a TV quiz show, then spend their fortune in a rather peculiar fashion. Although Once Hand Clapping was written in the early 1960s it's satiric message still rings true. I loved it.
However this novel is not for everyone. Firstly, the book has a very British feel about it. Much of the wording is not used in America, and is even distinctly old-fashioned here in England. But otherwise One Hand Clapping is an excellent introduction to the brilliant world of Anthony Burgess.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A great book!
7 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
I can't disagree more with something12_2@hotmail.com. *One Hand Clapping* is a terrific book, funny, profound, and memorable. Although I read it several years ago, I think about quite a lot -- and remember quite vidily the pleasure I had reading it. I highly recommend it to both Burgess fans and those who have never read him, or think he just wrote *Clockwork Orange.* It's good to see *One Hand Clapping* is still in print.
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