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Michael Gerber

    This author is celebrated for their sharp parodic wit, expertly skewering popular narratives with a playful and insightful touch. They delve into the heart of familiar stories, reimagining them through a lens of irony and humor. Readers will appreciate their knack for deconstructing beloved tales and offering fresh, often hilarious, perspectives that reveal the underlying absurdities.

    Letopisy Blarnie: Příběh pro dětiny. Les, čaroprdelnice a skříň
    In der Tiefe der Wüste
    The Chronicles of Blarnia. The Lying Birch in the Wardrobe
    Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel
    Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody
    Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse
    • Co se stane, když se čtyři sourozenci Perverzovi trochu nadopují a objeví nový svět za dveřmi starého šatníku ? Prapodivnou zemi Blarnii ovládá Břichatá čarodějnice, která sežere, na co přijde. Blarnie je zmítána drogami a sexuální anarchií. Perverzovic děti mají údajně sjednat nápravu, a tak se společně s párem lesbických bobřic vydávají hledat tajemného spasitele Astmu. Ukáže se, že o jeho oběť ale nikdo valně nestojí. Příběh plný snadno zapomenutelných postav a sladkobolného moralizování zaručeně nezaujme nikoho z vaší rodiny !

      Letopisy Blarnie: Příběh pro dětiny. Les, čaroprdelnice a skříň2006
      2.2
    • Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Barry Trotter is pretty disreputable and unpleasant. Imagine what he was like as a teenager. Here's the beginning of the whole sorry tale. Did Barry and Ermine do it? (Their homwork, that is.) How exactly did Lon end up with a hole in his head that whistles when the wind blows? Was Lord Valumart always that crass? And where did that ridiculous German accent come from? As funny and twisted as the first two books, BARRY TROTTER AND THE DEAD HORSE is also as affectionate towards JK Rowling's originals. This has lead to the books gaining a devoted following amongst fans of Harry Potter as well as being a welcome antidote for the over-egging (eeuwww) of the boy wizard. A process that we're not a part of at all. Oh no. Not even a tiny bit.

      Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse2005
      3.1
    • Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The author's spoof of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books continues with Harry's marriage to Ermine Cringer and the birth of their two very different children.

      Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel2004
      2.9
    • 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 Parody2001
      3.0