SADDAM’S HANGOVER + 3 OTHER EQUALLY INSANE SKITS

Owner of Book: aniche

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By Aniche Saddam’s Hangover + 3 Other Equally Insane Skits by Aniche Printers/Publishers: St. Joseph’s Press Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan, New Mystery Reader WICKED…. ABSOLUTELY, HUMOROUSLY WICKED. That’s in short how I would describe this debut work, a collection of short humorous plays by Aniche, pseudonym for a 22 year old Indian author who wishes to remain unknown. This is a collection of 4 small skits featuring an international cast of characters including Forge Bush, Saddam Wussein, Phoney Blair, Jacques Straw and Sickman Freud. The first play Veilectomy concerns itself with the new law passed by the British Parliament prohibiting the wearing of veils by Muslim ladies. The debate of religious freedom versus security of nation is deftly handed by the author. The second play Hamlet Retold is the author’s own version of what really happened in Hamlet (yup the play by Will Shakespeare). Inheritance of Laws (the title is a take on the award winning novel by Kiran Desai – THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS) concerns itself with the passing of a new Act by the Indian parliament which prohibits domestic violence of any kind in the marital life. The last play Saddam’s Hangover (my favorite one) is the story of the last days of Saddam in the gallows, and a little tête-à-tête Saddam had with Bush. However, it is not the plot or the story which will attract you (or revolt you as per taste) towards this collection of plays. It is the absolute irreverence the author has – and by irreverence. I mean A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E and E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T I-R-R-E-V-E-R-E-N-C-E. No one is spared- right from President Forge Bush to Saddam Wussein and from Prime Minister Phoney Blair to Sickman Freud- all get ‘heavy’ treatment at the hands of Aniche. With innuendos and sex laced humour which would even put Howard “Private Parts’ Stern to shame (the author has unabashedly used enough and more words to describe the male and female private parts, and this is a veritable thesaurus for lewd words), I found myself laughing at the jokes which range from gross to revolting - but let me make myself clear- I am NOT saying that the stories are vulgar, but it will not be to everyone’s taste. The author also has introduced a couple of sniglets to the English language I was reminded of the old Confession Series of stories (remember the Seventies British humour series by Timothy Lea- CONFESSIONS OF AN ASTRONAUT, CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER etc.); however, unlike the Confession read and throw away books, this collection of dramas is not a simple throw away. You will find yourself recollecting some of the jokes, and silently guffaw reminiscing the jokes. Better read this book with an empty stomach, and I guarantee you will have second thoughts while eating a hamburger rich with mayonnaise. And by the way, don’t rake your minds to come up with the meaning of ‘sniglets’- it means “a word that’s not in the dictionary…but ought to be.”

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