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Fact, fiction, myth, opinion - Barnes's series of disjointed narratives about Noah's Ark, terrorist hijackers, shipwreck, woodworm, love and more is all of these. It leaves you torn between thinking that its sum is greater than its parts and that, then again, some of the parts are pretty damned good too, especially the half-chapter titled "Parenthesis". Somehow this pithy new Alex Jennings recording perfectly succeeds in combining the various "history is bunk" and "love conquers all" strands. --Sue Arnold, The Guardian
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An entertaining mélange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities and tendencies.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I've been listening to this in the car for the last 2 weeks and it's made traffic jams and school pick ups and all the other slog of travel a joy. The book in itself is very well written and extremely clever. My favorite chapter has to be the one on heaven, the afterlife and eternity (chapter 10) but the narration really adds so much to the book that I couldn't imagine getting the same enjoyment out of just reading it "dry".
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This book is filled with irony from the opening chapter of Noah and Ark. The rest of the book tackles important themes in our lives like love, death and life. I couldn't put this down and despite having to study it at school i thoroughly enjoyed it. Anyone who is looking for a thought provoking book should definitely buy this. Masterclass
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A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters is somewhat reminiscent of Monty Python: the abrupt transitions in time and space; the eye for the absurd; the donnish manner; the mixture of bulls eyes and duds. Above all, the virtuosity with which the thing is carried off.
The book resists brief summary, but is primarily composed of a sequence of historical sketches, some fictional and some factual. Whether it forms a satisfactory whole is, I think, an open question. But it is wonderfully entertaining.
Alex Jennings' reading captures the wit well.
The book resists brief summary, but is primarily composed of a sequence of historical sketches, some fictional and some factual. Whether it forms a satisfactory whole is, I think, an open question. But it is wonderfully entertaining.
Alex Jennings' reading captures the wit well.
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