{"product_id":"9781409061748","title":"Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearful that it may be their turn to be mercilessly sent up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he turns his critical eye on the classics of the last century, offering bite-sized pastiches of everything from \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting \u003c\/i\u003evia \u003ci\u003eLolita \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThose who have never quite got around to reading \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e will be delighted to find its essence distilled into a handful of paragraphs. Those who have never really enjoyed \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/i\u003ewill be pleased to find it hilariously parodied in an easily swallowable 982 words. And those who find all such works a little highbrow will be relieved to discover, between the covers of this book, John Crace's take on the likes of Ian Fleming, P. G. Wodehouse and the \u003ci\u003eHighway Code\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty and sharp, this is essential reading both for those who genuinely love literature and for those who merely want to appear ridiculously well read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161239666928,"sku":"9781409061748","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409061748_p0.jpg?v=1763719531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409061748","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}