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Books : 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
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50 People Who Buggered Up Britain by: Quentin Letts List Price: £12.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £7.79 You Save: £5.20 (40%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9781845298555 ISBN: 1845298551 Label: Constable Manufacturer: Constable Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: October 09, 2008 Publisher: Constable Studio: Constable Sales Rank: 1130 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Some of his 'targets' are very poorly chosen.Letts' book comes from an interesting perspective; acerbic and amusing pen pictures of those who, as the title tells us, have not made such a positive contribution to our national life. All well and good if the target is a pompous and hubristic politician whose words and actions fail to match, or some greedy business person who puts profit above humanity. But to target someone because of how they look or the way they speak is not only cruel but cheap and lacking in imagination. In places, the book is amusing but too many pieces have a sense of the school bully about them. Picking on someone whose only apparant failing, according to Letts, is that they are on TV or that they choose to dye their hair is childish. Such writing ... Read More: Rating:  - Perfect Present for the Grump in your FamilyI bought this for a grumpy uncle and it's perfect. Just the right mix of acerbic, non-pc wit and some surprising targets (who'd have thought a Daily Mail journo would pick Diana or Maggie T?). If you're stuck for something to get the more mature (and disgruntled) family member this is just the ticket. Rating:  - DisappointingI love a good, light-hearted rant - who doesn't? - so I had high hopes for this book, having recently gone through a couple of Charlie Brooker's finest. And what a let down it proved to be. Wielding a clever turn of phrase is usually a good thing, but in this case it feels less like an intelligent use of the English language, and more like a smug way of belittling the proles, who could never hope to master or understand such eloquent diction. This has the effect of almost completely preventing the reader from "warming" to the author, and therefore finding it fairly difficult to sympathise. Secondly the humour, which is distinctly lacking - yes, there are some clever and amusing sections, but for the most ... Read More: Rating: - Very funny. Great Idea I enjoyed this book a lot and just wish I had thought to write it first. As well as the top fifty berks, Letts also mentions by way of quick one liners, the many others berks now bubbling under, including the likes of Tescos Corporate Robot Terry Leahy and Pouting Essex Dimwit Posh Becks (or whatever she calls herself). I'd love to see another update with another 50 "buggers" who must have surely now have to include faceless bank chiefs like Andy Hornby and Fred the Shred Goodwin who are so clearly responsible for the latest mess we are in as a reult of buggering up the banks. I particularly liked the way Lett's lets the likes of sainted figures like Sir Paul Macca and Diana get the full treatment. Letts says of His ... Read More: |
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