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Hot Water
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My first reaction to this book was gratitude. Gratitude to live in a world that features a comic genius and a word-magician like P.G.W. The second reaction was pity. Pity that there are still those who are tone-deaf to the sheer wizardry of this brilliant author.
One example will suffice.
"It serves to keep the records straight, and is a convenience to the public to whom one wants to do the square thing - affording as it does a bird's eye view of the position of affairs to those of his readers who, through no fault of their own, are not birds."
Not that the specifics of a given PGW are very relevant but just to dot the i's and dash the t's - the plotting is superlative and the situations are absurd. And all ends well. Highly recommended.
One example will suffice.
"It serves to keep the records straight, and is a convenience to the public to whom one wants to do the square thing - affording as it does a bird's eye view of the position of affairs to those of his readers who, through no fault of their own, are not birds."
Not that the specifics of a given PGW are very relevant but just to dot the i's and dash the t's - the plotting is superlative and the situations are absurd. And all ends well. Highly recommended.
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Quotes Ram Liked
“I hope that this will be a lesson to you not to go to fancy-dress balls as a lizard. If fewer people went about the place pretending to be lizards, this would be a better and sweeter world.”
― Hot Water
― Hot Water
“Many men in Packy's position would have shrunk from diving in to the rescue, fully clad. Packy was one of them.”
― Hot Water
― Hot Water
Reading Progress
Started Reading
November, 2018
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Finished Reading
November 9, 2018
– Shelved
November 9, 2018
– Shelved as:
humor
