Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: 25th Anniversary Edition with a new story: Pinocchio

Review Essential reading for adults of all ages ... the wisest, funniest, most thoughtful thing yet written on the subject of PC ― ObserverOne of those works which cleave an author instantly to your heart ... It is beautiful. It demolishes, in few but elegant words, a dozen kinds of silliness -- Libby Purves ― The TimesHillary and I have been enjoying it ... it's hilarious -- Bill ClintonA nightmarish trifle ... modern tales for our life and times ― Financial TimesThe definitive, non-exploitative, non-patriarchalist (dontcha hate doing that to the kids?) ... collection of bedtime stories ― Daily TelegraphGarner rewrites fairy tales ... into culturally sensitive stories, with all prejudices expunged ― Daily MailTraditional tales carefully re-written to express no opinion at all ― Sunday TimesOnce upon a time there was a man who thought Little Red Riding Hood was a vertically-challenged but resolute young feminist ... So begins the latest version of the ancient fairy tale, brought up to date for the politically-correct Nineties ― Daily ExpressExtremely funny ... After one finishes this collection, 'happily ever after' will never seem quite the same ― Publishers WeeklyFinn Garner isn't a mere writer, he's a virtuoso, a necromancer, a master of the tour de force - a Hans Nonsectarian Andersen for our very own time ... On every page there is a delight ― Washington PostA reworking of familiar tales in non-sexist, non-patriarchal, non-judgmental language ... I did laugh aloud ― Tribune Product Description 'Essential reading for adults of all ages . . . the wisest, funniest, most thoughtful thing yet written on the subject of PC' ObserverIn this bestselling classic, James Finn Garner has rewritten classic stories for more enlightened times; from Snow White's relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf who set up an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation, to the Emperor who was not naked but was endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle.At last, here is bedtime reading free from prejudice and discrimination of witches, giants, dwarves, goblins and fairies everywhere. For anyone brought up on sexist, racist, sizeist and ethnocentrist reading matter, James Finn Garner's stories have been purged of the influence of an insensitive cultural past to become fables for our times. Book Description A new edition of the bestselling, witty, contemporary parody of traditional fairy tales, now with the story of 'Pinocchio' About the Author James Finn Garner was born in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan, where he won a Hopwood Award for one of his short plays. He performed comedy in Chicago nightclubs for a number of years and is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Once Upon A More Enlightened Time and Politically Correct Holiday Stories. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.