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Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade — book review
Ayoade on Top is a hilariously strange book. Richard Ayoade’s critical analysis of ‘View from the Top’ (a 2003 romcom starring Gwyneth Paltrow) is a delight to read. Throughout the course of this short book Ayoade argues that this long-forgotten film is a modern masterpiece. I found Ayoade’s dry wit and his clever observations regarding…
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The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature by Viv Groskop — book review
“Russian literature deserves more love letters written by total idiots. For too long it has belonged to very clever people who want to keep it to themselves.” Although The Anna Karenina Fix is certainly written in an engaging style, Viv Groskop’s humour, which mostly consists in her resorting to a forced comedic ‘light’ tone when…
3 STARS, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, books about writers, BOOKS ON WRITING, British author, comedian, ESSAYS, HUMOR, literary criticism, LITERARY STUDIES, MEMOIR, Nonfiction, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, RUSSIA, russian classics, The Anna Karenina Fix, The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature, Viv Groskop -
Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster — book review
A compilation of wonderfully funny and awkward anecdotes. Perfect Sound Whatever will definitely appeal to readers who are already acquainted with James Acaster. As I consider him to be one of my favourite comedians I was looking forward to this new book by him. Acaster manages to translate his ‘on screen/on stage’ humour to both…
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