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Philip ha tutte le tristezze, le allegrie, le paure di un ragazzino che si affaccia all'adolescenza. E ora il padre sostiene che la sua morte non è stata un incidente, ma c'entra lo zio Alan, che vuole la mamma di Philip e il pub di famiglia. E continua a tormentare Philip con la storia del Club dei Padri estinti, una sgangherata congrega di spettri che si ritrova davanti al pub... Improbabile Amleto del XXI secolo, Philip cercherà di portare a termine la vendetta del padre fantasma in un crescendo di avventure, disavventure ed episodi esilaranti fino alla tragedia finale. Un libro sulla necessità di trovare un senso a un lutto incomprensibile, sulla difficoltà di diventare grandi, sul ribaltamento dei ruoli nel rapporto padri-figli, sull'ineluttabilità del proprio destino.
- ISBN: 883357444X
- Casa Editrice: E/O
- Pagine: 306
- Data di uscita: 30-03-2022
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I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. A Hamlet retelling with a very fresh, thought-provoking perspective. Okay, I'll admit - when I started reading this book, I initially released an internal groan. Not another Shakesepeare interpretation, I thought! What mo Leggi tutto
After his dads death, Philip sees ghosts. His dead fathers ghosts comes to him and tells him to solve his murder (even tho his death was declared an accident). The rest is an interesting tale of a boy being mislead by his dead father, his mom having a relationship with his dead fathers brother and h Leggi tutto
An update on the Hamlet story, this reads much like "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime" (I think that's right) with a yound narrator set to avenge his father's death at the hands of his uncle. And while that voice worked well for the autistic narrator of "Nightime" at times I felt this Leggi tutto
3.5 stars rounded up. I love Matt Haig, I really do. This just isn't a favourite as far as his books are concerned. Actually I think it may have spoiled Hamlet for me a bit, which has always been one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. It's a lot more visceral to have the story told you by an eleven
So, I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed Philip’s perceptions and opinions on things—it was all quite hilarious. This was a book that grabbed your attention immediately and held on with an iron grip. I never wanted to stop reading. It was amusing and clever and quirky. The ending was a little off f Leggi tutto
‘Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband’s brother. The remaining certainties of Philip’s life crumble away when his father’s ghost appears to declare that he was murdered. Leggi tutto
I really really wanted to like this book. It had so many brilliant things going for it: a great voice, hilarious scenes, interesting premise, great characters, great descriptions, witty turns of phrase and all that jazz. BUT There's always a but. I found this book in the kids section of the library. It Leggi tutto
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