{"product_id":"9780684867670","title":"The Five Minute Iliad Other Instant Classics","description":"By: Greg Nagan     \u003chr\u003eWas Homer really blind, or was that just his shtick? Was Dante a righty or a lefty? Why aren't there any pictures of Jane Austen in a bikini? What made Oscar so Wilde? How much did Hemingway? These are just some of the many great questions of Western literature ignored in this book. \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e's beloved \"Five-Minute Classics\" comes \u003ci\u003eThe Five-Minute Iliad and Other Instant Classics,\u003c\/i\u003e a witty and profane lampoon of the Western literary canon -- the \u003ci\u003eSpinal Tap\u003c\/i\u003e of literature. \u003cbr\u003e \"I will never write such wordy trash again,\" Leo Tolstoy said of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e after reading Homer in the original Greek. Tolstoy's pledge inspired humorist Greg Nagan to whet his double-edged verbal sword and offer this gleefully twisted take on what contemporary readings of the Great Books say about our society today. \u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eOn the Road,\u003c\/i\u003e these fifteen parodies provide a riotous romp through Western civilization (one version of it, anyway) from Homer to Kerouac, from Ancient Greece to Postwar America, from the Lyrical Epic to the Breathless Gush. Nagan's mirthful mayhem will delight those who've read the Great Books, and those who haven't read them will find these literary caricatures entertaining in their own right.","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46747129118947,"sku":"DTRSSUS-9780684867670","price":112.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/O_a6ac542d-066b-44f7-97f5-03b4906f4c13.jpg?v=1751158230","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780684867670","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}