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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hysterically literate
A laugh out loud combination of satire, wordplay, and clever twists on familiar Biblical tales, fitted to today's cracked politics.
Published on February 7, 2003
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3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Less than meets the eye
Sheer incoherence is the trouble with most specimens of this genre-and now that scads of such books have appeared, it is not pretentious or even inaccurate to use this lit crit term. In a frenzy to get off side-splitting one-liners, the authors slip from one perspective-or notion of what is really real, or method, or principle-to another, gratuitously. Nothing...
Published on August 10, 1997
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hysterically literate,
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This review is from: The Politically Correct Guide to the Bible (Hardcover)
A laugh out loud combination of satire, wordplay, and clever twists on familiar Biblical tales, fitted to today's cracked politics.
3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Less than meets the eye,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Politically Correct Guide to the Bible (Hardcover)
Sheer incoherence is the trouble with most specimens of this genre-and now that scads of such books have appeared, it is not pretentious or even inaccurate to use this lit crit term.In a frenzy to get off side-splitting one-liners, the authors slip from one perspective-or notion of what is really real, or method, or principle-to another, gratuitously. Nothing finally adds up. This is a far cry from authentic high satire satire which is exploratory, provocative, and open-ended; whose playfulness and display are means to the end of eliciting thought. Moser's book and its ilk are pure play and display. The package is empty. hence eminently disposable. |
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The Politically Correct Guide to the Bible by Edward P. Moser (Hardcover - April 29, 1997)
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