The Oxford Book of Parodies - Hardcover

John Gross was a major editor and critic who worked for the TLS, the New York Times, and the Sunday Telegraph during his illustrious career.

His new and welcome anthology is well stocked with witty and diverting specimens. * J. M. W. Thompson, Standpoint * Excellent introduction to this superb smorgasbord of mimicry and literary mutilation. * Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald * This collection of parodies does not disappoint...It's a deliciously funny book. * Bevis Hillier, Spectator * John Gross has compiled a historical anthology that is something to treasure. * John Sutherland, Literary Review * Superb anthology of parodies...This is an anthology with something for everyone. * Simon Griffith, Mail on Sunday * It is impossible to read it without smiling, smirking or laughing out loud. * Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard * Gross has very sensibly put together an anthology that aims to give pleasure on at least two levels. * Kevin Jackson, The Sunday Times * The best pastiches, burlesques and spoofs have a magical wit that transcends mere mimicry, as this wide-ranging anthology shows. * Kevin Jackson, The Sunday Times * John Gross's new anthology of parodies in English (with a few foreign titbits) has samples both high and low of this diverse genre. * The Economist * His entries have enough comic vigour or elegance to be amusing even when one does not know the author being spoofed, and hilarious when one does. * Kevin Jackson, Sunday Times * Sparkling new compendium. * DJ Taylor, Financial Times * John Gross is an excellent and unintrusive host...he has produced here a fine, diverting book * Seamus Perry, TLS * Substantial and richly entertaining anthology...Gross provides a brief but admirably informative history of the form. * The Sunday Telegraph * Mr Gross's legendary gifts as an editor and critic are much in evidence. * Eric Ormsby, Wall Street Journal * There are endless amusing trifles. * The Week * Sumptuous collection. * The Oldie * Endlessly enjoyable * Craig Brown, The Guardian *