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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

 eBook, Published by Faber Factory   (03 January 2011)

£7.99

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These hilarious adaptations of classic bedtime stories satirise the modern proclivity to all sexist, racist, culturist, nationalist, ageist, sizeist, ethnocentrist and phallocentrist bias and reflect a more enlightened sensibility. The Emperor is not naked in his new clothes but “is endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle”. Snow White escapes to the cottage of “seven vertically-challenged men”, while Goldilocks is an ambitious scientist studying anthropomorphic bears. Fourteen timeless fairy tales are purged of the influence of a flawed and insensitive cultural past to become tales that are a must for all who pride themselves on being socially aware.
 

James Finn Garner is a writer, performer and broadcaster who is based in Chicago. His work is available all over the world and in many languages. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories has made him a cult figure.

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