The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Russell Brand's Trickster Tales
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Publisher Description
With this first book in Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales series, the famed comedian, actor, and bestselling author delivers a hilarious retelling of an old fairytale favorite that will appeal to adults and children alike.
Once upon a time, long ago, in a time that seemed, to those present, exactly like now except their teeth weren’t so clean and more things were wooden, there was a town called Hamelin. The people of Hamelin were a pompous bunch who loved themselves and their town so much that if it were possible they would have spent all day zipped up in a space suit smelling their own farts. But space suits hadn’t been invented yet so they couldn’t.
Then one day without warning a gang of rats bowled into the town and began causing a right rumpus…
So begins Russell Brand’s wildly funny and surprisingly wise retelling of the classic tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Whether you’re a kid or a grown-up kid, you’ll be chuckling the whole way through this zany story that bypasses Brand’s more adult humor for the outrageous, the madcap, and the just plain silly.
Maybe you’ve heard about the Pied Piper before, with his strange music and those pompous townspeople and pesky rats. Or maybe you haven’t. But one thing is for sure: you’ve never heard it quite like this.
Customer Reviews
PP review
Gorgeous artwork with overwhelmed sentences. From what I can recall, this was marketed as a children’s book. A macabre jest. As a dark fairytale, Brands first venture into fiction is here.
It read as he usually reads, or speaks, with just a 10% conformity to child like story telling. The plot is there, but could use refinement just in the way of actual writing. More poignant points could be made in fewer words. Making more attractive looking, meaningful, and pleasurable sentences.
You can tell it’s highly derivative from his life. Hamelin being something like Hollywood/England with its narcissism. Rats being something more of like oppressed people by whatever form that may take...
Yeah. I think it was a good book, but just needs to be pounded down by editing.
A good read if you’re a Russel Brand fan. If not, I don’t see why anyone would ever read it.
Niche product.
3 out of 5.