Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale Of Otto Titzling And The Development Of The Bra
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
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A delightfully irreverent work of comic fiction masquerading as biography, Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra chronicles the entirely fabricated life of Otto Titzling, a fictional German-American inventor whom author Wallace Reyburn presents as the true, unsung pioneer of the modern brassiere. Written with a straight-faced, deadpan wit that makes it all the more entertaining, the narrative details Titzling's supposed struggles for recognition and his bitter rivalry with the equally invented Frenchman Philippe de Brassière, who allegedly stole the credit — and the name — for the garment. Reyburn constructs this elaborate hoax with such convincing period detail and mock-historical authority that many readers have taken it as fact, cementing its reputation as one of the great literary pranks of the twentieth century. A satirical gem that skewers the conventions of biographical writing, it remains a wickedly funny read that illustrates just how readily a well-told tall tale can be mistaken for truth.
Author: Wallace Reyburn
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Macdonald
Genre: Humour
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A delightfully irreverent work of comic fiction masquerading as biography, Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra chronicles the entirely fabricated life of Otto Titzling, a fictional German-American inventor whom author Wallace Reyburn presents as the true, unsung pioneer of the modern brassiere. Written with a straight-faced, deadpan wit that makes it all the more entertaining, the narrative details Titzling's supposed struggles for recognition and his bitter rivalry with the equally invented Frenchman Philippe de Brassière, who allegedly stole the credit — and the name — for the garment. Reyburn constructs this elaborate hoax with such convincing period detail and mock-historical authority that many readers have taken it as fact, cementing its reputation as one of the great literary pranks of the twentieth century. A satirical gem that skewers the conventions of biographical writing, it remains a wickedly funny read that illustrates just how readily a well-told tall tale can be mistaken for truth.