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dianadawn's review
4.0
I'd recommend you read "In His Own Write" first, so as to get used to his writing style and peculiar humour; for most of the stories appearing in this one are a bit longer than the ones in IHOW.
Having said that, A Spaniard in the Works comprises substantial stories and much more socio-political criticism. In this second and last book that Lennon published, he gets a bit more political than he did in the first one. Notwithstanding, the writing style used in ASITW is similar to the one in IHOW (which to some might be a nay, but for me is a total yay!).
This miscellaneous collection could have conveniently been added to the first one published, In His Own Write. Nevertheless, I'd rather have two short books of his with John starring in both covers, than having just a single book including it all.
Happy reading, x
Having said that, A Spaniard in the Works comprises substantial stories and much more socio-political criticism. In this second and last book that Lennon published, he gets a bit more political than he did in the first one. Notwithstanding, the writing style used in ASITW is similar to the one in IHOW (which to some might be a nay, but for me is a total yay!).
This miscellaneous collection could have conveniently been added to the first one published, In His Own Write. Nevertheless, I'd rather have two short books of his with John starring in both covers, than having just a single book including it all.
Happy reading, x
trilobiter's review
3.0
John Lennon's nonsense is usually entertaining and often hilarious - occasionally it is crude and bigoted, sometimes it is incomprehensible. Mostly it's meant to be, but time and geography have made the dialect spellings more obscure to me than they might have seemed to a midcentury Liverpudlian.
This kind of book seems right as a reflection of Lennon's legacy - one of the world's biggest pop stars, having a "larf" at his audience while reveling in grotesque satire, pausing frequently to giggle at words that sound sort of like other words. Could he have done it with fewer slurs toward the disabled, or minus the uncomfortable uses of the word "jew"? He might have written a true classic otherwise.
This kind of book seems right as a reflection of Lennon's legacy - one of the world's biggest pop stars, having a "larf" at his audience while reveling in grotesque satire, pausing frequently to giggle at words that sound sort of like other words. Could he have done it with fewer slurs toward the disabled, or minus the uncomfortable uses of the word "jew"? He might have written a true classic otherwise.
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