I, Billy Shakespeare is a 1965 comedic book by William Peter Blatty.
Author | William Peter Blatty |
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Language | English |
Genre | Satire, comedy |
Published | 1965 |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication place | USA |
Pages | 89 |
ISBN | 1135736391 |
Synopsis
editWilliam Shakespeare's ghost angrily denounces suggestions that he did not write the works attributed to him.
Reception
editS. T. Joshi noted that the book "achieved little or no critical and commercial success".[1] Kirkus Reviews considered it "abject" and lacking in plot, and observed that despite some "amusing truth(s)", Blatty "had no gift for epithets or spleen".[2]
References
edit- ^ The Modern Weird Tale, by S.T. Joshi; published 2015 by McFarland and Company
- ^ I, BILLY SHAKESPEARE!, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; first published November 12, 1965; retrieved September 11, 2019