Gods Behaving Badly

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• Debut Review: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

  Title: Gods Behaving Badly Author: Marie Philips Publisher: Jonathon Cape Published in Hardback: 02 August 2007 Price: 12.99 Review Copy I hardly know where to start with this stunning debut so let’s start with the illustration. The dust jacket, endp ... (read full critics)

  nextread published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• The House of Myth

  Americans have long delighted in movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Heaven Can Wait” (both the 1943 and 1978 versions) and “Bruce Almighty” — “divine comedies,” to borrow the marketing shtick of the day, in which a benevolent male Judeo-Christian ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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  Laughing with the gods.

  Sometimes life ain't easy. For instance if you are a Greek god living in the UK. We all have annoying reasons to get out of bed. But what if you are responsible for letting the plants grow or the moon shine? Have fun reading about their crazy existence and how stupid mortals get in the way. Not bril ... (continue)

  Sometimes life ain't easy. For instance if you are a Greek god living in the UK. We all have annoying reasons to get out of bed. But what if you are responsible for letting the plants grow or the moon shine? Have fun reading about their crazy existence and how stupid mortals get in the way. Not brilliant but definitely funny and explicit!

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  Jannekemarijn said on Apr 17, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A nice and light read for a few hours of relax. Doesn't exactly tread on new ground, after Gaiman's American Gods, but manages to be entertaining and fun.

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  Erialti said on Nov 4, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Nice, light summer reading written with good humour. Cannot like it, cannot dislike it

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  Palbi said on Aug 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Very funny and entertaining to read.
  A nice book to read when in need to relax and read something fast and just for fun.

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  Alice said on Sep 3, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A lighthearted story that was remarkably funny throughout. What isn't funny about the pantheon of Greek gods living in modern London with all their idiosyncrasies played out.

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  Kevin Kuphal said on Mar 18, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 320 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0316067636
• ISBN-13: 9780316067638
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Pub date: Dec 09, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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