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Lädt ... The Defenestration of Bob T. Hash III: A Novelvon David Deans
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. In which a parrot discovers a mechanism by which he turns himself into a man, specifically, his owner, who lives a comfortable life writing ESL texts. The main plot was mildly interesting, but was extremely derivative of (and quite inferior to) William Kotzwinkle's The Bear Went Over the Mountain as well as other books in the human-animal transformation subgenre. What really killed the book off, however, was the frequent interstitial snippets which parody ESL books. If these were supposed to be funny, they aren't, and if they were supposed to advance the plot, they don't, in addition to being arguably racist. ( ) This is one of the strangest novels I have read on so many levels. First, it is narrated by a parrot. Second, the parrot miraculously transforms into its owner, Bob T. Hash III. Third, all of the characters in the novel are actually characters in a picture book instruction manual designed to aid those learning English - complete with exercises to help further develop English speaking skills. Fourth, it turns out to be a "murder" mystery - of which I am still not sure was solved or even if there really was a murder or anything to solve. Regardless of all the innate ambiguity, the book was engaging and certainly never boring. In the end, I discovered that the ambiguity was designed to move me, the reader, into the book with Bob T. Hash III and his doppelganger, Comenius the parrot. Allowing me to enter the world of the picture book and the mystery of Bob T. Hash III is something that Deans does quite effectively. This novel was refreshing and proves that the art of the novel, far from being static, can still surprise in terms of style, character, and story. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In a picture-postcard town, in the sunny suburban home of Bob T. Hash III, something altogether strange and amazing has occurred: An African gray parrot (and beloved pet) named Comenius has suddenly and unexpectedly transformed into a man. It seems this unassuming exotic bird, heretofore content to mind its own business, has miraculously metamorphosed into the spitting image of his unsuspecting master, Bob T. Hash III-right down to the smartly pressed suit, dashing necktie, and sensible horn-rims. As luck (or some darker design?) would have it, no one witnesses this astonishing feat of shapeshifting. And in a serendipitous twist of fate (luck's fickle cousin), the genuine Bob T. Hash III-having apparently absconded to Acapulco with his charming assistant-is conveniently AWOL. Thus the coast is clear for the puzzled (but not entirely displeased) parrot to exit the wings and do what parrots do best: imitate their owners-a charade the avian impostor rises to effortlessly, slipping with nary a misstep into the shoes, the career, and even the marital bed (!) of Bob T. Hash III. But when, having taken the reins as CEO of the Acme International Institute of Languages, he stumbles upon a heinous act of corporate (and grammatical) sabotage, Comenius begins to suspect he's being stalked-by himself-and it suddenly looks as if his best laid plans might just be heading south. Think Kafka, inverted, upended, and gleefully reverse-engineered by Monty Python. Think Borges, deconstructed by Lewis Carroll and reassembled with spare parts scavenged from The New Yorker and MAD. Analogies abound, yet nothing can truly compare to the comic broadsides, dazzling wordplay, cheeky wit, and wholly original flights of imagination working their magic in David Deans's inventive new novel. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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