Word: rabelaisian
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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...NARRATIVE is leavened, however, by Erofeev's prodigal powers of comic invention. There are countless passages of Rabelaisian discourse. One entire chapter is devoted to a detailed analysis of Russia's greatest calling--hiccups. Another chapter is a bartender's manual for some of the most bizarre drinks ever conceived, including an unorthodox mixture of beer, two kinds of shampoo (one anti-dandruff), and insect repellant. The humor ranges from the highly subtle to the truly gross, most of it reasonably well-served by J.R. Dorrell's colloquial translation...