Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Flash and Filigree: A Novel by Terry Southern ISBN: 0-8021-3430-0 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely Brilliant!
Comment: A brilliant treatise on the question of identity, reality, normalicy, obsession and sanity. Is Dr Eichner obsessed with Treevly, or is it the other way 'round? Does it matter? Can't wait for the film version.
Rating: 4
Summary: flash and filigree
Comment: this was the first terry southern novel i've read. the frantic irrational tone this book creates is great. the characters are right on par with o'toole's "confederacy of dunces". as well it reminds me a bit of vonnegut, without the omniscient narration. 4 instead of 5 because it was a bit open ended and short. probably would be a better movie. but of course that was southern's primary strength.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fans of Cronenburg's _Crash_ will enjoy this read.
Comment: Terry Southern is a master satirist in _Flash and Filigree_. Fans of David Cronenburg's film _Crash_ will certainly consume this book in a single sitting... simply to follow the exploits of Dr. Eichner (who would have been a nice addition to the movie; I guess Cronenburg didn't do his homework). Southern handles the whirlwind, insancely paced novel with totalitarian precision and makes every word (regardless of how trivial the word may seem) count. Southern was doing the gig that Tarrantino is now doing in the 50s. Southern also is not fearful of the controversial and he boldly depicts the daterape of Babs by Ralph. The scene is trash, but, by God, he writes trash perfectly. Besides, such scenes put the bread on the tables of K. MacKinnon, and Andrea Dworkin (this scene would have fit nicely into Dworkin's theoretical manifesto _Intercourse_). The characters are unforgetable (in fact, they have inspired a few characters in some of the stories that I have written). In summation: this review is chaotic, the book isn't; buy the book or rot in boredom.
 |
Title: Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-1995 by Nile Southern, Josh Alan Friedman ISBN: 0802138942 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Blue Movie by Terry Southern ISBN: 0802134661 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
 |
Title: The Magic Christian by Terry Southern ISBN: 0802134653 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Candy by Terry Southern, Mason Hoffenberg ISBN: 0802134297 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes by Terry Southern, George Plimpton ISBN: 0806511672 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: January, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
