Unfinished Jane Austen manuscript to be completed by Irvine Welsh
The Spoof reports that Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, will complete a previously undiscovered manuscript by Jane Austen.
Speaking from his offices, a Spokesman said: “This is a literary marriage made in Heaven. We will be inventing a brand new genre, Grit Chick Lit, and it should have something to appeal to both men and women, young and old, and all points in between”
When asked if this was really such a good idea, the spokesman denied that they were cashing in on a recent upsurge in an interest in the work of Ms Austen, but he did say that Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor were in talks to star in the film.
This is a satire, of course, but we wonder if they knew that Irvine Welsh was an Friend of Jane before they wrote it?
