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Chargement... Attila the Pun: A Magic Moscow Storypar Daniel Manus Pinkwater
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Appartient à la sérieMagic Moscow (2)
When the mystic seer of Hoboken and the employees of the Magic Moscow summon the ghost of a famous person, they get a punster with a collection of 1500-year-old jokes. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The stranger turns out to be an aging hippie and fake psychic who wishes he could have been a wizard. When he thinks he's found a spell to conjure up the spirit of a famous dead person he tries it out, only to fail when nothing happens at first. Later, Norman returns home and is visited by a ghost of Attila the Hun's younger brother, Bleda, who goes by the preferred name of Attila the Pun as he is a consummate 1940s Borscht Belt comedian. Unable to find a way to return him, Norman finds a way to employ him at the Magic Moscow that keeps everyone happy.
This summary might come close to being longer than the book itself. Pinkwater's fondness for short sentences and quickly telling a story are a blessing, as his absurdest comedies would become quickly weary at length. Without a female character in sight, and by leaning heavily on gross-out humor and riddles that are old even to younger readers, this is probably a book only a boy could love. That said, it's a weaker Pinkwater title, reading at times like an outline for a larger book. ( )