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Head To Toe: A Novel and Up Against It: A Screenplay For The Beatles



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Beatles Book:
Head To Toe: A Novel and Up Against It: A Screenplay For The Beatles



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Head To Toe: A Novel & Up Against It: A Screenplay For The Beatles
Head To Toe: A Novel & Up Against It: A Screenplay For The Beatles
List Price: $18.95Publisher: Da Capo Press

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Editorial Review:

Here, together for the first time in one volume, are Joe Orton's earliest and last published works. Head to Toe is the saga of Gombold, who strays onto the head of a creature some hundred miles high and begins making his way through the giant's nether regions and on toward his toes. En route, he falls into the clutches of a dominating and gender-bending policewoman; finds himself in an assassination squad whose target is the prime minister; and finally enlists in an apocalyptic war between the Left and Right Buttocks. Up Against It is a screenplay commissioned by the Beatles in 1967, in which, as Orton described it, "The boys have been caught in flagrante, become involved in dubious political activity, dressed as women, committed murder, been put in prison, and committed adultery." The two works, which mirror each other in many ways, combine elements of satire, eroticism, and nightmare with Orton's characteristic glee.

Head To Toe: A Novel & Up Against It: A Screenplay For The Beatles Reviews:
Another little warning.... 5 Star Review
2001-06-19 - Not for the kiddies! Some inappropriate material for young'uns. Otherwise very good. Not for reading aloud though.

Head to toe and cover to cover! 5 Star Review
2001-06-11 - Head to toe is the story of Gombold, a man who drops onto the head of Atlas and makes his way to the toes. On the way he is arrested and imprisoned repeatedly, assasinates an official, becomes confused as to his own gender, and finally enlists in the war between the left and right buttocks. There is alot of symbolism and wonderfully amusing word usage. The Washington times called it a bizarre combination of Gulliver's Travels and Alice in Wonderland. Up Against it is a screenplay written for the Beatles. The author, Joe Orton, was murdered in 1967 by his lover at the peak of his career. There are many parallels between the two stories in this book, which were Orton's first and last ever published.










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