Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel: The Book Nobody Has Been Waiting for

by Michael Gerber

Book Overview

Barry Trotter saved the Hogwash school for Wizards from the unwelcome attentions of Hollywood in BARRY TROTTER AND THE SHAMELESS PARODY. But things move on. Barry and Ermine Cringer have got married... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575075589
• ISBN13: 9780575075580
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Better than the first

Barry Trotter, now 37 years old, has a wife called Ermine and a son called Nigel. Their son, who is terribly unmagical, is about to start his first year at Hogwash School for Wizardry and Witchcrap when Dorco Malfeasance, the Headmister of the reputable school, suddenly dies. Of course, this is a golden opportunity for Ermine and Barry to create some mayhem as the new heads of their beloved school. It does indeed not take long before Barry gets cursed by a spell that makes him younger every day. Now he get help his son get acquainted with the school, while Ermine searches for something that might lift her husband's curse. Contrary to its predecessor -Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody- this book has a plot that is worth following. Michael Gerber clearly realized that just adding joke upon joke does not necessarily make a good parody. Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel is still filled with plenty of jokes and silly situations but is achieves much more momentum. The jokes themselves become more subtle and less of a rude insult contest. The interaction between the characters makes more sense an leads to some outrageously funny situations. Certainly Barry's new take on the Quiddit game leads to some hilarious settings... and an occasional exploding student.

funny & clever

This is the 2nd book in this series I've read and GERBER continues to make me laugh and find clever ways to spoof Harry Potter. You must be a fan of Harry Potter to really enjoy these books or you won't get half the references. I defninitely recomend this book.

Don't Read This Book. Ok, do.

Barry Trotter returns with another 'shameless parody', along with the furry Ermine Cringer and the dog brained Lon Measly. Raunchier, funnier, better, and has more of the arouma of cheese. Don't buy this book. Ok, do.

Not Just Another Sequel

This parody is much more than a parody. At one point near the middle of the story the plot (if one can discern one) noticeably changes from simple random comedic parody to an independent commentary on prejudice and society which is more hard hitting than either the original of which this a parody or the first installment of which this is a sequel. Also, it includes a very disturbing, yet pervasive explanation of conjuring as magical stealing of things already manufactured and owned by "Muddles." I remember such an explanation being proferred during an episode of the TV show "Bewitched" when Darin received a new space-age automobile prototype conjured up by a witch relative - which in actuality disappeared from its "mortal" testing facility the very same day initiating a nationwide search. Likewise in Hogwash, everything conjured is, in effect, instantaneously stolen from "Muddles." It seems that the "Magickals" and the "Muddles" never were able to reconcile their mutual historical hatred for each other and this story comes very close to recounting a "final solution" whose end is the complete extermination of .... Well, you must really read the book. Not just an other sequel.

Even Funnier than the first!!

I enjoyed all pointed comments about things like how Snape is always the favorite scapegoat for the trio as well as all the hilarious attempts to help Barry grow older. Definitly a must-read for all fans of the first.