Son of "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (Book #2)
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- Synopsis
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MORE WRETCHED WRITING FROM THE CONTEST THAT PROVES "NOTHING IS SO POWERFUL AS A BAD IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME."
Scott Rice, organizer of the notorious-- and hilarious-- Bulwer-Lytton "bad" writing contest, has once again collected the best opening sentences of the worst novels never published. Here, penned by the literary vigilantes who prowl the subways of literature, is a sampling of winning entries:
"'I want something more in life,' Wesley fumed as the lime-scented Jacuzzi bubbles collected between his secretary's breasts."
"The November snow was thin and slushy-- almost as if the angels in Heaven were brushing their teeth and dribbling toothpaste over the earth."
"Fall had come to the city; the trees had turned to yellows and the winos had turned to reds."
As the Tallahassee Democrat said about It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: "This is a book to be enjoyed one stinky sentence at a time." The great literary tradition continues...
- Copyright:
- 1986
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 131 Pages
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Date of Addition:
- 10/28/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Scott Rice
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- Chanter
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.