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Books : Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel: The Book Nobody Has Been Waiting For (Gollancz S.F.)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780575075580
ISBN: 0575075589
Label: Gollancz
Manufacturer: Gollancz
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2003-09
Publisher: Gollancz
Studio: Gollancz
Sales Rank: 947876
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Here it is, just what the 100,000 fans who bought Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody have been waiting for: the inevitable and thoroughly hilarious sequel to the bestselling spoof of the Potter phenomenon.
Not wild about Harry? Or just had enough of the hype? Try Barry, who, having saved the Hogwash School of Wizards from the unwelcome attention of Hollywood, is now ready to move on. He has married Ermine Cringer and they now have two relatively delightful children. The eldest is a skilled magician, but the youngest just seems to lack that conjurer's touch. Have Barry and Ermine given birth to...a MUDDLE?
Michael Gerber, a writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, and on Saturday Night Live, once again produces a parody that will have readers--regardless of their views on Harry Potter--laughing uproariously.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This is the 2nd book in this series I've read and GERBER continues to make me laugh and find clever ways to spoof Harry Potter. You must be a fan of Harry Potter to really enjoy these books or you won't get half the references.
I defninitely recomend this book.
Rating: -
Barry Trotter returns with another 'shameless parody', along with the furry Ermine Cringer and the dog brained Lon Measly. Raunchier, funnier, better, and has more of the arouma of cheese. Don't buy this book. Ok, do.
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This parody is much more than a parody. At one point near the middle of the story the plot (if one can discern one) noticeably changes from simple random comedic parody to an independent commentary on prejudice and society which is more hard hitting than either the original of which this a parody or the first installment of which this is a sequel.
Also, it includes a very disturbing, yet pervasive explanation of conjuring as magical stealing of things already manufactured and owned ... Read More
Rating:  -
This book is three or four things at once, and is surprisingly effective at more than one of them. Most of the attention it's received focuses on how it's an adult-themed and very reverent parody of the first three or four Harry Potter books. Names and so on are sometimes funny ("Girlrboy Rockhard" for the swishy Gilderoy Lockhart, played by Kenneth Branagh in the movie) and sometimes just dull ("Lon Measly" for Ron, Harry's pal). (In this review, I'll give Gerber's and Rowling's words together to ... Read More
Rating:  -
Barry Trotter 2 by Michael Gerber is a facinating
and yet oh so dumb parody of Harry Potter. Unlike
the first book, Barry is 38, has kids, and is
balding. The main characters are basicly twisted
versions of Harry and co. For instance, Barry is
mean spirited, hot tempered, and other things I
shouldn't say. Ermine,(to some Hermione) Barry's
wife, is kind yet destructive, has a tendency to
show the faults in Barry and other things an average
wife would ... Read More
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