Skipping Christmas

by John Grisham

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined. A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition.

• ISBN10: 0099481685
• ISBN13: 9780099481683
• Publish Date: 4 November 2004 (first published 1 January 1999)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 August 2011
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
• Edition: Media tie-in
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 208
• Language: English

Reviews

[kimbacaffeinate]

This was a quick easy read about a couple with an empty nest at Christmas. It was funny, touching and a fun read.

[ibeforem]

I picked this up as a quick, Christmas-related read, mostly because it was so short I knew I could knock it out in a few hours. If you take it for what it’s meant to be, a mildly funny Christmas story about giving, then it’s a good little read. I was a little annoyed by everyone’s exaggerated reaction to the Kranks deciding to go on vacation for Christmas, but the end turns out okay. Still not a fan of Grisham, though.

[remo]

John Grisham [JG] me parece bastante entretenido, por lo general. Hay gente que piensa que JG sólo escribe novelas de abogados y juicios, lo cual no es estrictamente cierto. Hay una novela suya, La granja, que no trata de juicios. Y ésta que nos ocupa, claro está. Nada menos que el guión de una comedia navideña para consumo rápido. Y no es que esté mal el libro, ojo, es simplemente que JG no nos tiene acostumbrados a estas cosas. En la propia portada se nos avisa de que ya hay hecha una película sobre el libro. Y francamente, me parece que JG domina los secretos del guión de películas para todos los públicos. La historia tiene todos los momentos que deben aparecer en una historia PG-13 norteamericana: un enemigo, un resbalón con una cáscara de plátano, la redención final, el momento en el que alguien, al final de la película, se pone de pie aplaudiendo despacio y se van uniendo los demás hasta el gran clamor... tiene todos los clichés. Como JG escribe bien, se le toleran, pero no me busquen en el cine cuando la estrenen aquí. Mi nota: Insustancial.