- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Vintage (2 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099470233
- ISBN-13: 978-0099470236
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,965,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alberto Miguel, Guardian
'His style, seemingly offhand, is studiously exact… the readers…
will not be disappointed.’
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will not be disappointed.’
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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'Highly amusing and original. Daniel Pennac is a fantastic storyteller' Andrey Kurkov, author of Death and The Penguin
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Format:Paperback
I am French and I have known Daniel Pennac ever since I was in high school, I've always loved his work and wanted to share the fun with on of my friends. I bought him this book and he thoroughly enjoyed it. The translation into English is good enough to get this great humour.
Format:Paperback
It is not often I fail to enjoy a book. In fact in my life only 3 have this dubious accolade - Watership Down, See Spot Run, and this. The bits with the agoraphobic dictator are funny, and some of the stories of the double are readable, but there is far too much pointless tosh about sitting in hammocks with various people who serve no narrative purpose, and lots of self-indulgent tripe about the Interior (where? why? etc).
Half way through I got bored to tears and had no idea who was who, who was doing what, where, when and why. Sonia? Who's she, and why is she here? The Jesuit? Help?
If you like this sort of thing, try Jose Saramago, avoid this unless you have limitless patience.
Half way through I got bored to tears and had no idea who was who, who was doing what, where, when and why. Sonia? Who's she, and why is she here? The Jesuit? Help?
If you like this sort of thing, try Jose Saramago, avoid this unless you have limitless patience.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have never failed to enjoy his books, including those written for adolescents, but this is a muddled and frustrating mess which should be avoided. Head for his books set in the Belleville quarter of Paris, especially the first in the series which is a treasure-house of humour, wit and outrageous characters.
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