Bored Of The Rings
Gollancz, Londra, 2003, pp. 228
Douglas
C. Kenny, Henry N. Beard, and The Harvard Lampoon
Genere Comedy Fantasy
Rilegato
con sovraccoperta
Note
For
more than 30 years, rumours have spread of a dark and wicked manuscript that
came from out of the fabled west.
It
tells of the adventures of Frito, his 'faithful' companion Spam, the wizard
Goodgulf, Arrowroot the ranger, Legolam the elf and Gimlet the dwarf as they
take THAT ring to the Zazu pits of Fordor.
Even
though it takes only one volume not three, it is a long and periless journey,
for the untrustworthy companions are dogged by the doleful Goddamn and hunted
by Sorhed's fearsome minions, the Nozdrul.
Dare
you follow them?
Inspired,
irrevelent, rude, occasionally downright silly, "Bored of the
Rings"is, nevertheless, an always affectionate parody of the century's
greatest book.
It
is both laugh out loud funny and a tribute to the enduring power of Tolkien's
masterpiece.
