hauls out dictionary...
bricolage: er, not in my concise oxford. My French dictionary, however, has it: patched-up job
pastiche: literary or other work of art composed in the style of a well-known author

right.
We almost bought that the other day, with a voucher. I wanted to get something new, branching out in an unknown (by me) author. Fortunately, it seems, we avoided some pain. Instead we got Keeping It Real, which looks like a lot of fun.