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9 oeuvres 160 utilisateurs 6 critiques

Œuvres de Adam Bertocci

The Usual Werewolves (2012) 7 exemplaires
Kiss Me, I'm Iris (2012) 5 exemplaires
The Clinch Cover (2012) 4 exemplaires
Chicken Crossing 2 exemplaires
Talking to Xyr (2012) 2 exemplaires
For My Next Trick... (2014) 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance
1982-08-18
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Professions
film director
screenwriter

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This book was hilarious. My boyfriend kept asking me why I was in hysterics the entire time. Absolutely flew through it. The thing is even though it mocks the whole paranormal romance (which, so deserving!) it still crafts a really great paranormal romance - probably one of the better ones I've read in a fair while. I think this touched on some important issues as well about fitting in and friendship and the like, without being obnoxiously full on. Total must read.
 
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funstm | Jun 30, 2023 |
Sometimes too jokey, often quite clever.
 
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mrgan | 4 autres critiques | Oct 30, 2017 |
Brilliant! Bertocci is eminently clever here. A must-read for any Lebowski fan...and for Shakespeare officiados? Can't help you there...not partial myself, but I'm glad Bertocci is.

'The Knave abideth' I dare not speak for thee, but this maketh me to be of good comfort; I deem it well that he be out there, the Knave, being of good ease for we sinners.
 
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Razinha | 4 autres critiques | May 23, 2017 |
The Bard meets The Coen Bros. What better match to be made than the finest playwright and the finest screenwriters this world has ever seen? The comedic possibilities would seem to be limitless. Of course, the book rests in between the two as a shadow of all the writers. The verse is not as fine as Shakespeare's even though it quotes him liberally and the dialogue not as fine as the Coens' knockout screenplay. The Big Lebowski is most likely my favorite movie of all time, at a push against Taxi Driver.

So, what delights await those who turn the pages of this book? Marry, look for how "Shakespeare" renders Walter's best lines including the unforgettable tv-edited "find a stranger in the alps" sequence. I'm not going to ruin it by giving it away. The text sticks incredibly close to the movie, but the guiding light is Shakespeare. Indeed, he's like a taxidermist, filling his would-be dead pet, the screenplay/play, with as much sand or Shakespearean as he could get in there.

The book is not an unmitigated delight by any means but what is there is genuinely satisfying including a gloss that explains everything both well and jestingly and helpful illustrations at the bottoms of the gloss pages to help those who may misunderstand or simply have deficient imaginations. I don't wish The Bard had written The Big Lebowski, but I'm sure if I did this would be a godsend.
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Salmondaze | 4 autres critiques | Jun 1, 2016 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
9
Membres
160
Popularité
#131,702
Évaluation
½ 3.6
Critiques
6
ISBN
5

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