《elfish gene》是2009年出版的圖書。作者是Mark Barrowcliffe。
基本介紹
- 外文名：elfish gene
- 作者：Mark Barrowcliffe
- ISBN：9781569476017
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
“Funny . . . [Barrowcliffe’s] gently knowing style makes thepain of identification a pleasure.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Mark Barrowcliffe’s humorous, self-deprecating memoir of hismisspent youth, ‘The Elfish Gene,’ is another welcome addition tothe growing ‘nerdsploitation’ genre.”—Associated Press
“Hilarious, unbelievably well-remembered . . . begs a movieadaptation. . . . Barrowcliffe writes . . . with uncommoninsight.”—The Seattle Times
“In the best tradition of British humor. . . . Laugh-out-loudfunny.”—The Christian Science Monitor
“Wonderfully captures the insensitivity, insecurity andselfishness of the adolescent male.”—Publishers Weekly, starredreview
In the summer of 1976, twelve-year-old Mark Barrowcliffe had achance to be normal. He blew it. While other teenagers were beingcoolly rebellious, Mark—and twenty million other boys in the 1970sand ’80s—chose to spend his adolescence pretending to be a warrior,an evil priest, or a dwarf. He had discovered Dungeons &Dragons, and his life would never be the same. No longer would hehave to settle for being Mark Barrowcliffe, an ordinary awkwardteenager from working-class Coventry, England; he could be Alf theElf, Foghat the Gnome, or Effilc Worrab, an elven warrior with thehead of a mule. This is an hilarious memoir of an adolescence spententirely in the world of fantasy.
Mark Barrowcliffe worked as a journalist and a stand-up comedianbefore writing his first hit novel, Girlfriend 44. He has writtentwo other acclaimed comic novels, Lucky Dog and Infidelity forFirst-Time Fathers. He now lives in Brighton, England.
作者簡介
Mark Barrowcliffe grew up in Coventry, England. He worked as a journalist and a stand-up comedian before writing his first hit novel, Girlfriend 44. He has written two other acclaimed comic novels, Lucky Dog and Infidelity for First-time Fathers. He now lives in Brighton.
