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Gridlock av Ben Elton
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Gridlock (urspr publ 1991; utgåvan 2006)

av Ben Elton

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By the television comedy writer of "Blackadder" and "The Young Ones," this is an ecological disaster novel written with humor but containing an underlying seriousness. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fuzzy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralyzing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral in somebody else's gravy train? Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transportation problems of their own. And anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as easily murder them.… (mer)
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Titel:Gridlock
Författare:Ben Elton
Info:Black Swan (2006), Edition: Export Ed, Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages
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Gridlock av Ben Elton (1991)

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Just because words are free and there probably isn't ever going to be a world shortage, doesn't mean one should go about using them willy nilly. Way, way, way too words, Elton's books. Presumably he's being paid by the page. ( )
  bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 |
Ben Elton's role of creator & writer of "Black Adder", the funniest television series of all time, means that I'm inclined to forgive him for less than brilliant output, which "Gridlock" definitely comes under.

So we've got so many cars on the road, making us all late for work and yet we seem to accept that the situation isn't going to change for the better so we don't try something radical like taking public transport or use cleaner or renewable energy. Obviously Elton throws in a conspiracy and the jokes (sometimes) follow. It also felt like Elton was trying too hard to be the cool, with it person writing about disabilities (I'm neither cool nor with it so I probably didn't use those terms correctly). ( )
  MiaCulpa | Dec 12, 2018 |
An interesting read, but not as skillful as his later works in my opinion. ( )
  Amzzz | Jan 22, 2012 |
Another environmentally-themed novel from Ben Elton. I remember reading it on holiday and thinking....he's being very brave with some of his portrayals of disabled people, and it could get him into bother. Sure enough when I got home I spotted him on the TV being grilled about his book by a disabled journalist who was very definitely not impressed. Not everyone's going to approve, but like I said, he was being quite brave. The humour in this book is superb....from the Global Moritz II Ghia with a 'challenging third ashtray', to the men in blue ovealls in garages who suck their breath in through pursed lips and announce "'sgonnacostyaguvna", it's very very funny, and on that level alone it's worth a read. ( )
  jayne_charles | Sep 6, 2010 |
I like Ben Elton's books. They always confirm my lack of faith in humanity but at least they are funny about it... As a tree hugger and public transport user I could relate and I sincerely hope that when the gridlock is here people won't demand roads but trains and buses.
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By the television comedy writer of "Blackadder" and "The Young Ones," this is an ecological disaster novel written with humor but containing an underlying seriousness. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fuzzy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralyzing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral in somebody else's gravy train? Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transportation problems of their own. And anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as easily murder them.

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