Haywire

Jeg har tidligere lest Craig Browns formidable kulturhistoriske murstein om Beatles «One, two, three, four - The Beatles in time», og ble glad da jeg så at hans murstein av samlede essays var tilgjengelig, på Storytel. Dessverre er samlingen en god gammaldags «mixed bag» og ikke på den helt godt gje......more

I have read PRIVATE EYE magazine religiously for years, so was well aware of Craig Brown's parodies. Some of which are included here. But what really impressed me was the quality of the book reviews in this volume. He is a really insightful, witty and readable reviewer. Whether his subject is high-b......more

Craig Brown's last three books have been spectacular. "One on One" is a daisy chain of actual encounters between well-known 20th century personages, from Mark Twain meeting Helen Keller to Groucho Marx meeting T. S. Eliot. It is a brilliant idea brilliantly executed. "Ma'am Darling, 99 Glimpses of P......more

There's nothing worse than reading a critic who thinks he's a comedian. And Craig Brown -- a washed up Boomer, an often obnoxious husk of no real comedic distinction (unless you count the misogynistic rustlings within his boxers when he "takes on" the likes of Tina Brown and Katie Price; one reads t......more