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Heinrich Anders

    Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody
    Der Todesstrahl
    • Der Todesstrahl

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Der schmächtige Außenseiter Andy muss im Alter von 17 Jahren feststellen, dass ihm seine erste Zigarette übermenschliche Kräfte verleiht. Von dieser nikotingegebenen Macht bereits überfordert, fällt ihm wenig später ein Erbe seines Vaters in die Hände: ein Todesstrahler wie aus einem Ed-Wood-Film. Nur allzu bald lernt er, dessen zerstörerische Kraft für seine egoistischen und gänzlich banalen Zwecke einzusetzen. Was als Coming-of-Age-Erzählung beginnt, wandelt sich rasant zur abgründigen Satire. Indem Daniel Clowes einen orientierungslosen Teenager über Gut und Böse entscheiden lässt, entlarvt er die moralische Zwiespältigkeit jeder einfachen Heldengerechtigkeit.

      Der Todesstrahl2013
      3.9
    • Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Barry Trotter is 22 and has never left the Hogwash School of Magic - there's been no need; after all, G.K. Rollin's books about him have made him a millionaire, and Barry is perfectly happy to while away his days as a perpetual (loaded) student. The hoardes of Muddles who hang around outside Hogwash desperate to see him, touch him, are a bit of pain but he can deal with that. But then comes news that Hollywood is planning a film of Rollin's first book about Barry. And they all know what that means: loss of creative control; cheap merchandising; millions more Muddles swarming over Hogwash. Barry agrees a plan with Bumblemore: the film must be stopped. BARRY TROTTER AND THE SHAMELESS PARODY is an incisive and hilarious parody of the Harry Potter phenomenon. There are slyly affectionate digs at the books themselves but Gerber's main scorn is directed at the monster that the Harry Potter franchise has become. The book has a creative energy all its own introducing characters and a hilarious take on magic that even J.K Rowling might appreciate.

      Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody2004
      3.0