Bunyanesque

Lewis's Bunyanesque allegory about a character named John on a journey to the island of Joy is loaded with abstract allusions, overly simple characterizations of culture, and at times a convoluted style.

Too damaged to train for the Rooke fight, which he had to cancel, Donovan returned to New York full of Bunyanesque stories of a young Irishman destined to be the greatest fighter of all time.

Just a little more than 100,000 years ago, there were sloths as long as a giraffe is tall, monstrous bears whose shoulders were six feet off the ground, and Bunyanesque beavers that weighed as much as an NFL linebacker.