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5.0 out of 5 stars
A true gem,
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This review is from: The Translation of Bastian Test (Paperback)
It's hard to categorize The Translation of Bastian Test. Black-comedy Gothic? A Robert Louis Stevenson adventure taken way over the top?
At any rate, this book cheerfully mixes a multitude of literary and cinematic clichés--a mad scientist, a nerdy assistant, a hunchback, a dissolute artist, a depraved lord, a prissy family lawyer, several faithful retainers, theatrical wanna-bes and has-beens, a crumbling Scottish family castle, hidden passages, expeditions to the Dark Continent, a mysterious fortune, hair-raising escapes, villagers with torches, space aliens, and several unconventional sexual relationships, past and present, some of which result in the discovery of entirely new parentages. It's very funny, almost self-satirical, but you never know what will happen next. A gem that deserves to become a classic. |
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The Translation of Bastian Test by Tom Arden (Paperback - April 30, 2007)
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