© BBC Audiobooks LTD 2004 
BBC Audiobooks LTD 2004
Let’s be frank: This play is dorky in the extreme. You don’t necessarily need to be a Kafka buff to understand Kafka’s Dick, but be aware that there are far more Kafka jokes here than dick jokes. The plot centers around a modern-day insurance salesman who’s writing an article on Kafka’s day job for an industry journal. He and his wife receive an unexpected surprise when Max Brod, Kafka’s best friend and posthumous editor, rises from the dead only to piss on their pet tortoise. Yes, really. The urine metamorphoses the tortoise into Kafka (of course), who assumes Brod has carried out his last wish that his writings be burnt. Brod and the husband scramble to dispose of evidence to the contrary, while Kafka himself works his charms on the wife. Things get even more prickly when Kafka’s father shows up to clear his name. If you like your humor literate, you’ll want to give this radio adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play a listen. If not, run.
Kafka's Dick
Alan Bennett
Summary
Kafka's Dick
Narrarated by: Peter Woodthorpe, Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman
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07.01.08
Alan Bennett, Kafka’s Dick
2008 | Label: AudioGO
© BBC Audiobooks LTD 2004
BBC Audiobooks LTD 2004
Let’s be frank: This play is dorky in the extreme. You don't necessarily need to be a Kafka buff to understand Kafka's Dick, but be aware that there are far more Kafka jokes here than dick jokes. The plot centers around a modern-day insurance salesman who's writing an article on Kafka's day job for an industry journal. He and his wife receive an unexpected surprise when Max Brod, Kafka's best friend and posthumous editor, rises from the dead only to piss on their pet tortoise. Yes, really. The urine metamorphoses the tortoise into Kafka (of course), who assumes Brod has carried out his last wish that his writings be burnt. Brod and the husband scramble to dispose of evidence to the contrary, while Kafka himself works his charms on the wife. Things get even more prickly when Kafka's father shows up to clear his name. If you like your humor literate, you'll want to give this radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's play a listen. If not, run.