The Great Book of Mobile Talk
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$30.46
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2013
Summary
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds, a brilliantly curated collection of sublime and delicious snippets of overheard mobile phone talk - the perfect gift for mobile phone users (and detractors) everywhere.
Overheard mobile pronouncements are a modern phenomenon. In the street, in the park, in supermarkets, buses, waiting rooms and even, heaven help us, in libraries, it’s quite impossible to get away from these tasty or repellent fragments of other people’s private lives.
Wherever you…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224095624 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224095625 |
| Author: | Andrew Barrow |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Square Peg |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 161g |
| Dimensions: | 158mm x 112mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
Dozens of shouty (and occasionally whispered) one-sided conversations, all of which have been turned from annoying to hilarious thanks to a sublime collaboration between two very beady talents.
Dozens of shouty (and occasionally whispered) one-sided conversations, all of which have been turned from annoying to hilarious thanks to a sublime collaboration between two very beady talents. * The Guardian *Beautifully illustrated… it will strike a chord, even if it seems a bit unfair to strip the ordinary things people say then put them in a book, all the while scoffing at them for not being worthy of putting in a book. Still, that’s Christmas for you – Toby Clements * Telegraph *A modern curse is turned into a treasure trove of strangers’ words – Ben Felsenburg * Metro *Great only in the sense of being darn good, this is a tiny, beautifully produced volume – David Sexton * Evening Standard *
About The Author
Andrew Barrow
Andrew Barrow is a writer and journalist who regularly contributes to the pages of the Independent, Daily Telegraph and The Spectator. He has written several works of non-fiction including Animal Magic- A Brother’s Story and two novels. Andrew has been listening to other people’s conversations since childhood. His various collections of overheard remarks have appeared in Vogue and Tatler, in a first collection called The Great Book of Small Talk, and in 2013’s The Great Book of Mobile Talk. He lives in London.
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