24
02
2008
The Bus Book – w/c 18th February – The Threepenny Novel
Posted by Joe in Literature, Personal Stuff, tags: Brecht, Mac the Knife, Macheath, Threepenny NovelThis week’s book was ‘The Threepenny Novel’ by Bertholt Brecht.
I have to admit that I didn’t even realise we’d got it in the house until I was browsing the shelves and I came across it. I knew it was based on his ‘The Threepenny Opera’, which in turn was based on John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ , and I knew it featured the character Macheath. And that was it.
So…what did I think?
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