by Robert J. Elisberg
BOOK DESCRIPTION
A #1 best-seller on Amazon for Humor Parody. "A Christmas Carol 2: The Return
of Scrooge" is a continuation of the beloved Christmas tale, that quickly goes
flying off in its own comic direction. It begins five years after dear old
Ebenezer Scrooge has passed away and left his thriving firm to his former clerk,
Bob Cratchit. However, Bob's overly-generous benevolence with lending and
charity-giving has driven the company into the ground, on the verge of
bankruptcy. And so the ghost of Scrooge returns one Christmas Eve to teach
Cratchit the true meaning of money. Making the swirling journey through
Christmases past, present, and yet-to-be all the more of a chaotic ride for
Cratchit are the dozens of characters from other Dickens novels woven throughout
the story, together for the first time. God bless them, most
everyone.Revised by Robert J. Elisberg
Original Long-Lost Manuscript
by Charles Dickens
AUTHOR BIO
Robert J. Elisberg has been a commentator and contributor to such publications as the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Magazine, C/NET and E! Online, and he served on the editorial board for the Writers Guild of America. He has contributed political writing to the anthology, Clued in on Politics, 3rd edition (CQ Press).
Among his other writing, Elisberg wrote the comic novella, A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge," which reached #2 on Amazon's Hot List for Humor/Parody. His most recent novel is the swashbuckling adventure, The Wild Roses. He co-wrote a book on world travel. Currently, he writes a tech column for the Writers Guild of America, west. He also co-wrote the song, "Just One of the Girls" for the Showtime movie Wharf Rat, and wrote the book for the stage musical Rapunzel!.
Born in Chicago, he attended Northwestern University and received his MFA from UCLA, where he was twice awarded the Lucille Ball Award for comedy screenwriting. Not long afterwards, Elisberg sold his screenplay, Harry Warren of the Mounties. He was on staff of the international animated series, Flute Master, and co-wrote three of the Skateboy films based on it. He also co-wrote the independent film, Yard Sale. Most recently, he wrote an adventure
screenplay for Callahan Filmworks.
REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars BOB
CRATCHIT IS A LUCKY MAN January 1, 2013
By ZQ
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Mr. Cratchit couldn't be in better hands having Mr. Elisberg
documenting his post-Christmas Carol exploits.
My thumbnail review: I loved everything about it!
This book is incredibly well written, well beyond what I expected. The writing style is seriously good -- the dialogue and descriptions are as if Dickens himself wrote it, with the added bonus of weaving in the smart, witty and extremely funny Elisberg style (check out his blog on Huffington Post). Dare I say this, but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this as much if the Charles D. himself had actually written it.
Even more important is the very clever story the author constructed. The premise alone is a slam dunk; weaving characters from Dickens' other books into the ghosts and giving them such full blown humor and personalities, is brilliant. Elisberg obviously knows his Dickens. The use of humorous footnotes to inform those of us who are less versed in Dickens' classics is truly inspired.
My thumbnail review: I loved everything about it!
This book is incredibly well written, well beyond what I expected. The writing style is seriously good -- the dialogue and descriptions are as if Dickens himself wrote it, with the added bonus of weaving in the smart, witty and extremely funny Elisberg style (check out his blog on Huffington Post). Dare I say this, but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this as much if the Charles D. himself had actually written it.
Even more important is the very clever story the author constructed. The premise alone is a slam dunk; weaving characters from Dickens' other books into the ghosts and giving them such full blown humor and personalities, is brilliant. Elisberg obviously knows his Dickens. The use of humorous footnotes to inform those of us who are less versed in Dickens' classics is truly inspired.
This story is
is tailor made to become a great holiday film. Can't wait to see it!
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas
just got better January 12, 2013
By Doctor Chris
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As a lover of the original A Christmas Carol by Dickens, I was
thrilled to find out that there was more! How lucky we are that Robert Elisberg
found this unpublished manuscript, revised it, and published it. It was a joy to
read and kept me in a Christmas mood for just a little longer this year. The wit
and good natured fun with which the book was written
flows from Mr. Elisberg like no one else I have read in recent history. He is a brilliant writer and I can only hope more ensues. If I found out that he had written the weather report, I would be the first to read it, knowing that I would be well entertained. Bravo, Mr. Elisberg!
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