Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0743244281
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
WARNING: THIS ISN’T THE REAL THING…IT’S FUNNIER!
“Stop that movie,” Headmaster Alpo Bumblemore said, “or Hogwash is history!”
Already overrun by brawling, fetid fans of the bestselling Barry Trotter books, Hogwash is certain to be pulled down brick by brick after Barry’s new big-budget biopic debuts. So Barry Trotter, Ermine Cringer, and Lon Measly are hauled out of retirement to face their toughest challenge yet. Not only do the twenty-two-year-olds have to elude packs of rabid fans, outwit Barry’s sponging godfather Serious, and vanquish their old foe Lord Valumart, they have to face the most powerful enemy of all: Hollywood!
Customer Reviews
Hiliarious Parody of HP by Emily Bianco
This book was a quick read and a great choice if you were waiting for the next real HP book to be released. I agree with other reviewers that the jokes will be over your head if you haven’t read the series. Also I would suggest that you only bother reading the parody if (1) you genuinely enjoyed the HP books, and (2) you will not take offense at the crass jokes that pretty much make up the parody. As another reviewer said, the book is not out to undermine the HP series, but just pokes fun at it’s cultish popularity.
Preety good parody of a awesome series by Mandar
Michael Gerber is the book equivalent of the Farrely brothers. Just as a Farrely brothers film is filled with un PC humor and jokes about bodily secretions so do this book have it too. But each Farrely brothers movie has a heart ( filled with dirty thoughts nonetheless) and leaves us with a bit of a thought at the end of it. So is it with this book. Maybe there is a really good book there somewhere in Michael Gerber’s head. He is having a lot of pun and minting money while doing so. Waiting to lay my dirtied hands on the next 2 books so that I can read them till Rowling writes the final book.
Beware: These books are PG13 and in some sections almost R. So dont let your 10 year old read it. But your 16 year old will enjoy it.
LOL by HiddenFlame42
A great parody for any Harry Potter fan who can take a joke. I don’t think that those of you who hate the Potter craze would understand half of the jokes anyway. You’ve got to be quite savvy about JKR’s series to understand a lot of Gerber’s humour.
Although he’s twisted the series in a really funny way, some bits do come across as a bit forced. The changed names (eg: Barry, Lon, Ermine, Ferd, Jorge, JG Rollins) all kept confusing me at first but as I knew who they were supposed to be, it turned out alright in the end. Like another reviewer said, just consider this as a really long FanFiction and you should be pleased with the results!
Huh? by
J.K. Rowling already wrote incredibly good books to read. Seriously, what is the point of this parody. It’s a complete waste of time to read this.
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