[ Sartre's Sink is the second book by photographer and author Mark Crick. Excerpts have appeared in The Independent[2] and the Evening Herald.[3]]The book includes chapters on how to; bleed a radiator by Emily Brontë,[[5][6] tile a bathroom by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,[5][6][9] hang wallpaper by Hemingway,[5][6][9][13] unblock a sink by Sartre,][[6] repair a dripping tap with Marguerite Duras,[2] put up a garden fence with Hunter S Thompson,[2][3][13] paint a panelled door with Anaïs Nin,[2] re-glaze a window with Milan Kundera, board an attic with Edgar Allan Poe,[21] loosen a stuck drawer with Samuel Beckett[21] and how to paint a room with Haruki Murakami.[9][21] Other parodied authors include Goethe and Joseph Conrad.][[13] Mark Crick says that he found Dostoyevsky the most difficult author to parody.[27]]
As with his previous work, Sartre's Sink is illustrated with paintings by the author in the style of a number of famous artists including van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Magritte and Turner.
Carolyn Kellogg of the LA Times noted that the book was "only marginally instructive".[13] The Telegraph felt that the subject matter of Sartre's Sink was "not as interesting" as that of Crick's earlier book Kafka's Soup. However, the editor nonetheless believed that the quality of the pastiche was equal to that of the earlier book calling both books "a gem".[30] Roy Williams of The Australian called it "a minor masterpiece" naming painting the panelled door and putting up the garden fence as his particular favourites.[ Ian Sansom of The Guardian called it "hands-down droll".[9] Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves of Le Figaro called it "Irresistible".[33] Sartre's Sink was named Sunday Times humour book of the year 2008.[5]]
References
1. ^1 {{cite news |title= La Baignoire de Goethe |author= Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves |url= http://www.lefigaro.fr/lefigaromagazine/2009/01/03/01006-20090103ARTFIG00038--la-baignoire-de-goethe-.php |newspaper= Le Figaro |date= 2 January 2009 |accessdate=29 May 2011}} In French
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title=Brick lit |author=Rosie Blau |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c3d627c-c8b6-11dd-b86f-000077b07658.html#axzz1aOzYkqoO |newspaper=Financial Times |date=13 December 2008 |accessdate=11 October 2011}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= Crackers for all |author= Ian Sansom |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/dec/13/stocking-fillers-books |newspaper= Guardian |date= 13 December 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite news |title= The great writers' guide to DIY |author= |url= http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/the-great-writers-guide-to-diy-1512220.html |newspaper= Evening Herald |date= 29 October 2009 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= The great writers' guide to DIY |author= |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-great-writers-guide-to-diy-974164.html |newspaper= Independent |date= 27 October 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
6. ^1 {{cite news |title= A Perfect Recipe for Enjoyment |author= |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081107/jsp/opinion/story_10072338.jsp |newspaper= The Telegraph (Kolkata) |date= 7 November 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= Hemingway's home repair |author= Carolyn Kellogg |url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/10/hemingways-home.html |newspaper= LA Times |date= 30 October 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= Stocking up on a good joke |author= Christopher Matthew |url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1098621/Stocking-good-joke-STOCKING-FILLERS--HUMOUR.html |newspaper= Daily Mail |date= 19 December 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011}}
9. ^1 {{cite news |title= Sartre sinks in for Mark Crick |author= Will Gore |url= http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/leisure/4347433.Sartre_sinks_in_for_Mark_Crick/ |newspaper= Surrey Comet |date= 6 May 2009 |accessdate= 27 May 2011 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110929210431/http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/leisure/4347433.Sartre_sinks_in_for_Mark_Crick/ |archivedate= 29 September 2011 |df= }}
10. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title= Sartre's Sink: The Great Writers' Complete Book of DIY by Mark Crick |author= |url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article5247216.ece |newspaper= Sunday Times |date= 30 November 2008 |accessdate=29 May 2011 |postscript=. {{subscription required|date=December 2011}}.}}