The Digested Read

by John Crace

In this second collection from The Guardian's 'Digested Read' column, John Crace walks where other reviewers fear to tread, summarizing (in the style of the author) and satirizing everything from Booker Prizewinners to celebrity autobiographies. No literary reputation is too great to escape parody - Bret Easton Ellis, Peter Ackroyd, Will Self, Jamie Oliver ... This second collection brings together over 110 pieces in chapters such as 'Prizewinners and Nominees', 'Memoirs' and 'Sleaze' - that's over 110 books you wouldn't have had time to read anyway. Slightly off-mint.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 16, 2006

Reviews

[lixy]

Totally hilarious. Reading these review (for those who don't know him from The Guardian John Crace reviews books IN THE STYLE of the book under review) can save you a lot of time you would have otherwise spent reading a whole boring book!