The Napoleon of Notting Hill
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Taste attributes: comedyscience fictionpoliticalfantasyfresh & originalheavyimaginaryglossysocial commentarydeep rivalryunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA heightened, original comic novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London.
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- Author
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 160
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- Open Library
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