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The Satanic Nurses and Other Literary Parodies
The Satanic Nurses and Other Literary Parodies Author:J. B. Miller In The Satanic Nurses, J. B. Miller offers a laugh-out-loud 'antho-logy' of the modern literary masterpieces-Jack Kerouac's 'On the Bus,' Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Sentences,' John Updike's 'Rabbit Rocks,' and Edward Albee's 'Annoying Play w/ Dog,' to name a hilarious few. ... more »Extremely perceptive and meticulously researched, the forty--three pieces are remarkable for their on-target mimicry. Other high-lights include Martin Amis stalking Saul Bellow for a blurb, Philip Roth being visited by Zuckerman, Shackleton figuring out the London bus system, and Bridget Jones's 'Diary of Anais Nin.' The Satanic Nurses is a perfect gift for the readers of The Onion and The New Yorker's 'Shouts and Murmurs' column.« less