Synopses & Reviews
WARNING: THIS ISN'T THE REAL THING...IT'S FUNNIER!"Stop that movie," Headmaster Alpo Bumblemore said, "or Hogwash is history!"
Already overrun by brawling, fetid fans of the bestselling Barry Trotter books, Hogwash is certain to be pulled down brick by brick after Barry's new big-budget biopic debuts. So Barry Trotter, Ermine Cringer, and Lon Measly are hauled out of retirement to face their toughest challenge yet. Not only do the twenty-two-year-olds have to elude packs of rabid fans, outwit Barry's sponging godfather Serious, and vanquish their old foe Lord Valumart, they have to face the most powerful enemy of all: Hollywood!
Review
Mark O'Donnell
author of Let Nothing You Dismay and Elementary Education
A very funny, ill-behaved mix of social satire, Lewis Carroll logic, and gleeful potty mouth, Barry Trotter will be despised by uptight moms but delight lovers of literate comedy.
Review
Sean Kelly
author of Saints Preserve Us! and coauthor of National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook Parody
[This] affectionate, giggle-inducing send-up of the Harry Potter phenomenon is one giant step toward restoring the somewhat debased comedic art form known as parody. Rowling readers will get the jokes and love them; only Muggles will fail to be amused.
About the Author
Michael Gerber has been cracking jokes more or less constantly since his days at
The Yale Record, America's oldest college humor magazine. Since then, his humor has appeared many places, including
The New Yorker, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and
Saturday Night Live. This is his first book. And it shows.