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Summary: An entertaining combination of sarcasm and irony
Review: "I dream of Microwaves" is like sitting in your favorite couch and flipping through channels on the TV when there is nothing good on... And then by chance landing on a show on some obscure channel that totally captivates you and forces you to watch it till the credits are done rolling.
A simple yet hillarious account of the adventures (or misadventures) of an underrated Pakistani Actor trying to survive from day to day in the land of freedom filled to the brim with stereotypes.
The book offers you something you will rarely find in storytelling these days: the simple absence of fantastic events. Something for everyone; this book applies to all our lives at some point in time. The character of Kareem Abdul Jabbar (no relation to the NBA star) is just trying to make ends meet and do what he knows best: act. His overanalysis of every situation and his 'Forest Gump' ways make for hours of good story telling.
A must-read for those who find joy in simple things and find Irony humorous.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Absolutely hilarious! I was laughing out loud! It reads like a Pakastani version of Rikki Travolta's send up of Hollywood would-be actors 'My Fractured Life'. Naming the actor Kareem Abdul-Jabar was so irreverant and nonsensical it couldn't be funnier! You will laugh out loud, I promise. It has the same kind of funniness as 'My Fractured Life' and 'Postcards From the Edge.' Absolutely hilarious!
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Summary: Great!
Review: Great book! The writing is very funny and nicely tied together. Similar to the book My Fractured Life, but more surreal. Still very funny.
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Summary: Great!
Review: Great book! The writing is very funny and nicely tied together. Similar to the book My Fractured Life, but more surreal. Still very funny.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I absolutely loved this book. This collection takes off like a firecracker and keeps spinning, with flinty sparks of cynicism and satire, until the last page. It's imaginative, smart, and stakes out its own territory rather rehashing the familiar workshoppy world of the short story. And that, I think, is what I like most about this collection: the author takes a familiar from, the short story, and then cuts a new groove so that the stories don't really seem like very many stories I've seen before. I told two friends (from my days in grad school) to buy the book and if they didn't like it, I'd buy the book off them. So far no one's come to me for a refund! I Dream of Microwaves is good stuff.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I absolutely loved this book. This collection takes off like a firecracker and keeps spinning, with flinty sparks of cynicism and satire, until the last page. It's imaginative, smart, and stakes out its own territory rather rehashing the familiar workshoppy world of the short story. And that, I think, is what I like most about this collection: the author takes a familiar from, the short story, and then cuts a new groove so that the stories don't really seem like very many stories I've seen before. I told two friends (from my days in grad school) to buy the book and if they didn't like it, I'd buy the book off them. So far no one's come to me for a refund! I Dream of Microwaves is good stuff.
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Summary: Drop and Roll Funny
Review: I loved it! It has the same off kilter spin on Hollywood as My Fractured Life does. You will fall out of your chair.
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Summary: Lots of Fun
Review: If you like books like 'my fractured life' and 'running with scissors' you'll like this.
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Summary: Enjoyable Tribute
Review: Imad Rahman borrows heavily from author Rikki Lee Travolta's life story "My Fractured Life" in his "I Dream of Microwaves." Where Travolta tells of the tragically funny tribulations of starring in the so-bad-it's-good "Anne Frank: The Musical", Rahman places his B-movie actor hero in "Apocalypse Now: The Musical" for similar effect. In "My Fractured Life" Travolta tells of his short lived retirement from acting leading to a career in the "literary field" which translates to working at an adult video store. Rahman borrows the theme and places his retired B-movie star as a repo man recovering unreturned rented videotapes. And where Travolta's actor friend becomes oddly fixated on Edgar Allen Poe and begins speaking exclusively in quotations of the dead poet, Rahman creates a similar actor-friend character who speaks exclusively in movie dialogue quotation. Imitations are rarely as good as the original, and such is the case here. However, while it won't replace "My Fractured Life" on 'Must Read' recommendation lists, it doesn't mean that "I Dream of Microwaves" isn't enjoyable. It certainly is a fine tribute to Travolta's writing. Rahman uses Travolta's "My Fractured Life" as a jumping off point and has created a somewhat surreal but entertaining book.
Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable Tribute
Review: Imad Rahman borrows heavily from author Rikki Lee Travolta's life story "My Fractured Life" in his "I Dream of Microwaves." Where Travolta tells of the tragically funny tribulations of starring in the so-bad-it's-good "Anne Frank: The Musical", Rahman places his B-movie actor hero in "Apocalypse Now: The Musical" for similar effect. In "My Fractured Life" Travolta tells of his short lived retirement from acting leading to a career in the "literary field" which translates to working at an adult video store. Rahman borrows the theme and places his retired B-movie star as a repo man recovering unreturned rented videotapes. And where Travolta's actor friend becomes oddly fixated on Edgar Allen Poe and begins speaking exclusively in quotations of the dead poet, Rahman creates a similar actor-friend character who speaks exclusively in movie dialogue quotation. Imitations are rarely as good as the original, and such is the case here. However, while it won't replace "My Fractured Life" on 'Must Read' recommendation lists, it doesn't mean that "I Dream of Microwaves" isn't enjoyable. It certainly is a fine tribute to Travolta's writing. Rahman uses Travolta's "My Fractured Life" as a jumping off point and has created a somewhat surreal but entertaining book.
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