Ben Elton is pure genius. He precisely and gleefully captures the peculiarities of human nature, creating such vivid images of characters and their personalities that the story, from beginning to end, seems entirely believable: Earth and it's inhabitants are being ruthlessly exploited by certain corrupt individuals. Ben Elton is pure genius. He precisely and gleefully captures the peculiarities of human nature, creating such vivid images of characters and their personalities that the story, from beginning to end, seems entirely believable: Earth and it's inhabitants are being ruthlessly exploited by certain corrupt individuals/5(). This Other Eden is a very funny book. It takes things to the extreme about what could happen if rich businessmen wanted to make money out of the end of the world. Based some years in the future, Ben Elton creates the scene of a world in environmental chaos, where the human race has destroyed the earth, and the end is nigh/5.
Ben Elton's multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for This Other Eden by Ben Elton (Paperback, ) at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products! This Other Eden - Kindle edition by Elton, Ben. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading This Other Eden.
This Other Eden [Elton, Ben] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This. Shocking, entertaining and very funny at times, this is one more collectable book from Ben Elton. Not only worth a read, but a re-read as well! Even more relevant today than 20 years ago when he wrote it, Ben Elton manages to critique the left and right with equally sharp and humorous wit. This Other Eden is a satirical novel written by Ben Elton. Plot introduction. The novel is set in the reasonably near future. Earth is being devastated by mankind's continued exploitation, and it seems obvious that the environment will collapse sometime in the near future. Rather than adopt a more eco-friendly approach to life, most people have instead invested in a "claustrosphere", a dome-shaped habitat in which all water, food and air is endlessly recycled in a completely closed environment.
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