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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Parodies & spoofs
Hippocampus returns to Athens from Troy under a curse from Zeus. He
has only two days to sacrifice "that which he holds most dear" or
be damned to Hades. His frantic search involves the Oracle at
Delphi, Socrates and his girl-friend Asparagus. Partially inspired
by an Abbot and Costello routine Sophocles explores every aspect of
human life and a few in-human ones.
"Willy Loman, Nosferatu (or Biffo, the Vampyre Slayer)" is a parody
of two of the most beloved American stage classics, Arthur Miller's
"Death of a Salesman" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass
Menagerie." It turns out that the "Loman Line" is not Miller's
lacerating examination of the selling of the American dream and his
sympathy for the soul of the everyman, but a line of the Undead
(Nosferatu) that have left a ruinous legacy of lunacy and calamity
behind them. Willy Loman finds himself brought back to life and
seeks revenge, while his two sons somehow become involved with the
Wingfield family from "A Glass Menagerie," who have all found
themselves reunited in Queens fifteen years after Willy's "first
death." Wally of WPDP3 says, "Read the first two and cry; read the
third and wonder why."
Have you ever been ensnared by a Scorpio? Stood up by a
Sagittarius? Ghosted by a Gemini? They say that true love is
written in the stars, but most of us are emotionally illiterate
when comes to the grammar of the galaxy. Never Shag a Scorpio is an
amorous adventure through the zodiac. Funny, smutty and
embarrassingly accurate, it will teach you how to lure a Leo, turn
on a Taurus and impress a Pisces' parents. Complete with full
romantic profiles for each star sign, compatibility calculators and
handy listicles such as A Sexy Virgo Playlist, Common Libra Lies,
and What to get a Cancer for Valentine's Day, this book is your
go-to guide to navigating the steamy side of astrology.
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