JUST FOR FUN
As the name suggests, on this page you'll find links to a growing number of things that we thought you'd like - but its all just for fun.
BOOKPLATE MUSINGS
This book is mine,
This boot another,
Touch not the one,
For fear of the other!
A CURSE AGAINST STEALERS OF BOOKS
For him that stealeth a book from this library, let it change into a
serpent in his hand & rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, & all
his members blasted. Let him languish in pain crying aloud for
mercy, & let there be no surcease to his agony till he sink to
dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the Worm that
dieth not, & when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of
hell consume him forever & aye.
-Monastery of San Pedro, Barcelona
(with thanks to Su Britton)
What You Didn't Miss: A Book Of Literary Parodies by DJ Taylor |
Since the late 1990s, Private Eye's "What You Didn't Miss" column has trained a vigilant lens on some of the great literary reputations of our age.
Written by DJ Taylor, What You Didn't Miss doubles up as both a hilarious collection of literary lampoons and an alternative history of modern English literature.
Extracts by kind permission of the publisher
Constable & Robinson
Diana Athill SOMEWHERE TOWARDS THE END
Julian Barnes PULSE
Clive James COLLECTED VERSE