Summary
Cautionary Tales for Grown-Ups: Poems to Avoid Modern Faux Pas
These are dark days. The world is seething with imbeciles and poltroons. Everywhere the careless and thoughtless are charging about the place in hulking 4x4s, or inviting Channel 4 to come around rather than clean their own homes. So comedian Chris Addison has written CAUTIONARY TALES FOR GROWN-UPS – poems to illustrate the dangers of modern behaviour.
The tales include:
- The Gloucestershire Horse Cl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340920725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340920726 |
| Author: | Chris Addison |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 86g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 11mm |
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‘What could be more pleasing than to see annoying types getting their richly-deserved comeuppance? … Neatly and cruelly done and ingeniously rhymed’
Extremely funny - Stephanie Merritt, Observer
What could be more pleasing than to see annoying types getting their richly-deserved comeuppance? … Neatly and cruelly done and ingeniously rhymed - Oliver Pritchett, Sunday TelegraphHis scathing wit deserves comic-laureate status. - The Sunday Times on Chris AddisonThe country’s most erudite young stand-up. - Guardian on Chris AddisonThere aren’t enough stars for Addison’s show: he is erudite but not inaccessible or superior; confident withouth being arrogant, and the show is so well written and sharp that you will bore your friends for days afterwards quoting memorable lines from it. - Stephanie Merritt, Observer A clever sod. - MetroA load of Bellocs - and in a good way … recommended - Dave Crozier, Hampstead and HighgateShockingly good … spot-on - The Leeds GuideAbout The Author
Chris Addison
Chris Addison is an acclaimed stand-up comic and actor. He has been twice-nominated for the PERRIER AWARD at the Edinburgh Festival and twice-nominated for the Barry Humphries Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In December 2005 he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards for his role as Ollie in the BBC’s new political satire, THE THICK OF IT. He writes for the Guardian and the Times. This is his first book.
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