Fawlty Towers - A Worshipper's Companion
Humour by Lars Holger Holm.
Indispensable, exhaustive, intriguing and uproariously funny!
With a blessing from the mysterious J.C. himself; biographies of the inhabitants of the Towers, extensive analyses of the protagonist's many neuroses; explanation and exploration of historical and other obscure references; a chapter on The Occult Fawlty Towers, and much, much, much more. The book closes with the hitherto missing13th episode ruthlessly revealed. Be prepared for laughter! Add to this the congenial illustrations by the author in an exclusive edition, and you have within reach the ultimate, ultimate guide to these ever alluring, vertiginous towers.
Allt Fawlty Towers fanatikern kan önska sig: biografier över tornets invånare; hotellägarens neuroser analyserade och exemplifierade i detalj; det ockulta Fawlty Towers; ingående granskning av texten; historik samt offentliggörande av hela det legendariska trettonde avsnittet scen för scen, ord för ord. Lägg till detta en särskild välsignelse från hans helighet J.C. själv och författarens egna illustrationer i en exklusiv specialutgåva, och du har en förstklassig, för att inte säga absolut oundgänglig, guide till detta humorns babelstorn.
Press quotes
The Thirteenth Episode
Myth? Legend? A reality that's been threatening to surface for the last twenty-six years? Maybe I'm "In The Know" but sworn to secrecy? Who really knows for sure? This final chapter in A Worshipper's Companion contains the best evidence yet. Lars Holger Holm claims to have been shown the illusive 13th episode of Fawlty Towers by a former BBC employee, and managed to sneakily make a copy of the script. The script of the thirteenth episode is published in full as a final and compelling reason for you to buy this book!
Joe Duffy, www.fawltysite.net
"Fawlty Towers A Worshipper's Companion is quite a unique book... What the author has done is blend together various elements; fact and fiction, myth and analysis, to build an interesting and entertaining read."
C. Tomlinson, www.btinternet.com.
"Med ena benet i den akademiska uppsatsvärlden och det andra i fan-fiction-kulturen tar Holm sig an sitt absoluta favorithotell. Bokens grand finale är författarens världsscoop - att ha lyckats komma över det hemliga 13:e avsnittet till Pang i bygget som serien heter på svenska."
Nicholas Wennö, Dagens Nyheter
About the author
Lars Holger Holm was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Enchanted by the universal language of music, he began playing the violin at the age of seven. Early in his carreer he formed the Swedenborg String Quartet, which toured Europe and the United States extensively. A fervent student of world literature and philosophy, Lars has also produced a body of critical essays published in various newspapers and magazines. The writer served as a music critic to Stockholm's major newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Expressen. For several years he was a well known and popular host of classical music on Stockholm's Classic FM.
A list of his published works and translations from French, German and English follows below.
Published Works
Fawlty Towers - A Worshipper's Companion, Leo Publishing, 2004
Dionysos - A Sinuous Essay to
Divine the Universe, Leo Publishing 2002
Gothic Transformations, Leo Publishing, 2002
The Dream of Ultima Thule - And other Germanic Utopias, Leo Publishing 2002
The Antechamber of Hell, Leo Publishing, 2001
A Writer's Guide, Ordfront, 2000
Sunset over Babel, Leo Publishing, 1999
Translations
F. Nietzsche: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. "Bortom gott och ont", Symposion, 2003
J. Lantz: La chute de Sophie. "Sophies fall", Leo Publishing , 2001
C. Baudelaire: Le spleen de Paris. "Den ensamme flanören". Extensive introduction by the translator. Leo Publishing , 2000
R. Noll:The Jung Cult. "Jungkulten", Ordfront, 1997
