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Title: The Hippopotamus
Author: Stephen Fry
Narrator: Alexey Bagdasarov
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 08-23-17
Publisher: Dialar Navigator
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Stephen Fry's charmingly misanthropic send-up of the English mystery features an unlikely but necessary hero: Ted Wallace, AKA the Hippopotamus, a failed and disolute poet, recently fired theater critic, and muckraker of modern irrationality, whose war against the unreasonable finds sudden purpose investigating a series of supposed miracles at a mansion in the country.
"I've suffered for my art, now it's your turn." So begins the tale of Ted Wallace, unaffectionately known as the Hippopotamus. Failed poet, failed theater critic, failed father and husband, Ted is a shameless womanizer, drinks too much, and is at odds in his cranky but maddeningly logical way with most of modern life. Fired from his newspaper, Ted seeks a few months' repose and free liquor at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Michael Logan. This world of boozy dinners, hunting parties, and furtive liaisons has recently been turned on its head by miracles, healings, and phenomena beyond Ted's comprehension. As the mysteries deepen, The Hippopotamus builds into "a deliciously wicked and amusing little fable" (The New York Times).
Please note: this audiobook is in Russian.
©2015 Vimbo (P)2016 Vimbo
Members Reviews:
Sex with a child and the rape of a horse...
Brilliant wordsmithing is not an excuse for scenes of adults having sex with a child, or of a child raping a horse. These things happen in this book and the storytelling around them is a thin veil for something simply vile. This is only one of two books I have ever thrown in the garbage.
I have admired Stephen Fry and this was to say the least, sick making.
but in between telling a good the story
I have been a fan of Stephen Fry from his days in BLACK ADDER and as a comedy team with Hugh Laurie. This is a light read, but in between telling a good the story, he takes time to skewer what is the beginning of the politically correct movement.
The third Stephen Fry novel I've read and he has ...
The third Stephen Fry novel I've read and he has such an odd style. It's an amusing read with some very apt and related Britishisms.
Funnier than Wodehouse!
I would like to marry the person in whom resides such a mind as the author's, but Fry and I bat for different teams. But I am a huge fan. Every word is delightful. I urge you to run out and (okay, push whatever buttons will help you to) buy this book if you enjoy being amused and delighted with every turn of the page.
Witty and clever
A very witty story on the question of science and religion. At first it may seem excessively vulgar, but read it to the end and all things will fall into place, showing religious fanaticism as "ignorant vulgarity". There is some measure of redemption to be found in both reason and reconciliation.
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Title: The Hippopotamus
Author: Stephen Fry
Narrator: Alexey Bagdasarov
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 08-23-17
Publisher: Dialar Navigator
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Stephen Fry's charmingly misanthropic send-up of the English mystery features an unlikely but necessary hero: Ted Wallace, AKA the Hippopotamus, a failed and disolute poet, recently fired theater critic, and muckraker of modern irrationality, whose war against the unreasonable finds sudden purpose investigating a series of supposed miracles at a mansion in the country.
"I've suffered for my art, now it's your turn." So begins the tale of Ted Wallace, unaffectionately known as the Hippopotamus. Failed poet, failed theater critic, failed father and husband, Ted is a shameless womanizer, drinks too much, and is at odds in his cranky but maddeningly logical way with most of modern life. Fired from his newspaper, Ted seeks a few months' repose and free liquor at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Michael Logan. This world of boozy dinners, hunting parties, and furtive liaisons has recently been turned on its head by miracles, healings, and phenomena beyond Ted's comprehension. As the mysteries deepen, The Hippopotamus builds into "a deliciously wicked and amusing little fable" (The New York Times).
Please note: this audiobook is in Russian.
©2015 Vimbo (P)2016 Vimbo
Members Reviews:
Sex with a child and the rape of a horse...
Brilliant wordsmithing is not an excuse for scenes of adults having sex with a child, or of a child raping a horse. These things happen in this book and the storytelling around them is a thin veil for something simply vile. This is only one of two books I have ever thrown in the garbage.
I have admired Stephen Fry and this was to say the least, sick making.
but in between telling a good the story
I have been a fan of Stephen Fry from his days in BLACK ADDER and as a comedy team with Hugh Laurie. This is a light read, but in between telling a good the story, he takes time to skewer what is the beginning of the politically correct movement.
The third Stephen Fry novel I've read and he has ...
The third Stephen Fry novel I've read and he has such an odd style. It's an amusing read with some very apt and related Britishisms.
Funnier than Wodehouse!
I would like to marry the person in whom resides such a mind as the author's, but Fry and I bat for different teams. But I am a huge fan. Every word is delightful. I urge you to run out and (okay, push whatever buttons will help you to) buy this book if you enjoy being amused and delighted with every turn of the page.
Witty and clever
A very witty story on the question of science and religion. At first it may seem excessively vulgar, but read it to the end and all things will fall into place, showing religious fanaticism as "ignorant vulgarity". There is some measure of redemption to be found in both reason and reconciliation.