Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz Of Oz [Hardcover]

David Britton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1996

The great horror of modern history absorbed into the framework of surrealism, literary fantasy and the darkest children's fiction. Lautreamont and Sade meet Roald Dahl. The main protagonists are everyone's favorite comic heroes - Meng and Ecker - mutant twins, rescued from the death camps for 'research' purposes by the infamous Dr. Mengele. Unsurprisingly, this book has already appeared in court in Britain....

Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: Savoy (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 086130098X
• ISBN-13: 978-0861300983
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,055,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly over the top with shock and disgust, but really not that well written for all that, January 19, 2009

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Michael A. Duvernois (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz Of Oz (Hardcover)

I was surprised that there weren't a host of one and five star reviews for this book. The Auschwitz of Oz (just think of the conceit of the title!) has been championed by Michael Moorcock, and the book has been tangled in British legal action via the Obscene Publications Act.

And you start to read it! Unrelenting high-energy nastiness. Rock and roll. The Holocaust. Murder for laughs. Cosmetic surgery. Venereal disease.

But it really isn't all that well-written. Maybe it's William S. Burroughs without skill? Some of the attitude, plus you have to do more to shock today, but none of the style or ability.

So, this is the three star rating. Totally over-the-top thrill-kill cool in theory, but just not that good in practice.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sucker for profanity, October 25, 2008

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G. Love (Bridgeport, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz Of Oz (Hardcover)

This book is as inane as its title suggests. Even an avid reader like myself could not get through the first fifty pages. I passed it on to several other strong readers and no one got any further than I did. It's a funny conversation piece, but a waste of good shelf space. Now it sits on the floor of an unused closet.