{"product_id":"a-christmas-garland-max-beerbohm-9780645751994","title":"A Christmas Garland","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the height of his powers in 1912, with the splendour of \u003cem\u003eZuleika Dobson \u003c\/em\u003e(released the previous year) still glowing, Max Beerbohm was able to place a crowning seal upon his reputation as a parodist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting together eight pieces which had already graced the pages of the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/em\u003e, he wove in a further nine to create a compendium of brilliance in the art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo major writer of the times was safe from what he called his 'sedulous aping': Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy, Joseph Conrad, Hilaire Belloc, George Bernard Shaw and several others had their styles examined, their peccadilloes exposed and their failings exaggerated. All of the fondly pilloried were still alive, and so able to taste to the full the master's zest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these pieces revolves in some form around the Christmas season, with scenarios ranging from the capture of Santa Claus as a miscreant by an overzealous police constable (Kipling), to a hoary traveller finding himself the subject of the 'Christmas dinner' of a tropical tribe (Conrad). In all of them a literary great is adroitly harpooned, and we are thoroughly entertained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Beerbohm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645751995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645751994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Walmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Max Beerbohm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483613016319,"sku":"9780645751994","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97266ea8-55e2-46fd-a527-f66f410183eb.jpg?v=1778039575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-christmas-garland-max-beerbohm-9780645751994","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}