Lewis Carroll's The Hunting Of The Snark: An Agony in 8 Fits [Paperback]

Allan Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2005

The most ineffective journey—filled with the most ineffective instructions and advice—in all the world of literature. How can you boil something in sawdust? How can you threaten a life with a railway-share? How can you rouse someone with mustard and cress? Why should a man's friends call him 'candle-ends' and his enemies 'toasted-cheese'?

But...

What if this nonsense poem has a deeper meaning?

A prophetic meaning?

About a peril that would appear a century after its publication...?

Allan Williams' visual and verbal commentary—startling and adult—ingeniously discovers evidence that this is primarily about a sexual journey, and the dangers such a journey may encounter...

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About the Author

Allan Williams (born in 1960 of mixed religion parents) has had many colourful jobs, including being a male stripper from 1985 to 1995. In fact, he admits that his knowledge of the male physique revealed in these pages is drawn almost entirely from observing his fellow-colleagues over that ten-year period. The additional model is the Illustrator himself, who makes an appearance as one of the poem’s characters, though he prefers not to reveal which one. That must be left to the guesswork of the reader, who will also have fun discovering the many other secrets the pictures contain.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (July 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595362435
• ISBN-13: 978-0595362431
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,172,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)