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Summary: Even Funnier the Third Time Around
Review: I'm on my third reading of this sharp-witted parody, and it gets funnier and funnier. I'm picking up more of the references, and I can see how cleverly the whole thing is constructed. This may be the funniest book I've ever read. I can see why some people might it "offensive", but I think the purpose of art and humor is to challenge our values, not simply affirm them. This book rocks!
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Summary: The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun
Review: Wish I had read the reviews before buying this book. Thought it was trash, Usually give books I don't want to Public Library but will be burning this garbage. Only read first and last chapter but that was more than enought for me to endure. I found it was nothing like the wonderful books Lilian Jackson Braun writes and wish I had never heard of it. Would like to rate this book a minus 5 but the computer wouldn't let me , that is the only reason It got 1 star.
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Summary: SLY, WITTY, AND SHARP PARODY
Review: This book is just what the doctor ordered! I've been in bed with the flu for three days, and this little gem cheered me up completely. Delicious. Clever. A fitting tribute to an author whose staggering mediocrity astounds the soul.
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Summary: Pitiful Parody
Review: This sounded like great fun, but turned out to be a major disappointment. I found the writing disjointed, the plot garbled, the character(s) insulting and the ending a cheat. In stead of getting a sly, witty take-off on the Cat Who series, I got a mean-spirited dig at another author's success. Who needs it?
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Summary: PARODY! PARODY! PARODY!
Review: To the legions of quaking old biddies who find this book offensive: read the title: it's a parody! It's not a fan letter. And what's so appealing (to this reader anyway) is that the parody is broad enough to satirize popular fiction, mysteries, small towns, Philip Roth, Laugh-In, Dashiell Hammett, George Bush. If you want to laugh outloud, this is the book for you. If you're looking to send a Valentine to Lilian Jackson Braun, then buy her some chocolates, not a sharp-witted novel like this one.
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Summary: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!
Review: I read somewhere that Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson were considering reuniting to film this novel. It's perfect casting and I can't wait to see it. Murray has just the right quality of humor and skeeviness to pull off the lead and Johansson would be great as his sidekick as they solve the great mystery of the Maltese Raccoon!
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Summary: IT'S A PARODY, STUPID!
Review: A wonderful send-up of the Norman-Rockwell-like world of LJB! Where her books are antiseptically sexless and bloodless, this delightfully ribald and risque parody is filled with lascivious, odoriferous, constipated, semi-homosexual, desperate and crazy lunatics. Fueled by lust and hypocrisy! It's a breath of fresh air! A vicious parody that's exactly on target.
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Summary: Lovers of "The Cat Who" should avoid this book
Review: I found this book so disgusting that I could not finish it. I do understand what a parody is--but I feel it should retain the qualities that made the original pleasing to its fans. Mr. Kaplow obviously failed to notice that Lillian Jackson Braun uses no obscenities and creates her major characters [aside from the criminals] from civilized, basically decent molds.Ms. Braun's leading male character is an intellectual gentleman, not a lascivious ruffian--and I did not appreciate being told--on page 8, mind you, that, after ogling a busty young woman, he
violently indulged in self-gratification. This book should not be listed by Amazon beside books by Ms. Braun with the comment that people who bought her books bought this one--because few of her fans are likely to appreciate this travesty of her scene and characters. I am bitter over having wasted money on it that I could have spent on a good book.
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Summary: I, LIBERTINE!
Review: Wing-ding! What a book! I laughed and laughed. I cried with laughter. I'm not kidding.
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Summary: A SMALL COMIC GEM
Review: This novel is a swift, sure-footed little comic gem. It's got a caustic satirical eye, but it destroys its targets with affection. It takes no prisoners. Simply hilarious. As Publisher's Weekly so aptly put it: readers will "read and roar." I must admit that I roared.
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