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Fat people,
Footballers,
Flip-flops,Formula One,
Wheelie luggage
Cycle helmets,
Processed ham,
Skiing,
Dogs,,,
Are you all wound up? Boiling and ready to blow? Breathe deeply. Relax.
Master of spleen Giles Coren, author of what The Guardian called 'The Maddest Email Ever', has an unbeatable technique for working through the anger: He does it for you.
(20100523)About the Author
Giles Coren is a renowned columnist and restaurant critic for The Times and has contributed to various publications including the Independent on Sunday, Tatler and GQ. He was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005 and has presented several programmes, including Animal Pharm and The Movie Lounge. He has co-starred with Sue Perkins in 3 series of The Supersizers Go... for the BBC and begins a new series with her in Autumn 2010. His first novel, Winkler, was published in 2005. (20100523)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I like Giles Coren's articlles in the Times but was a bit disappointed with the book. The odd funny comment but more of a moan than anything else. I was expecting some incisive wit but doesn't seem to come through (to me anyway).
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had been thinking of having a tattoo until I read this, now I'm not so sure. His beautifully crafted criticisms of the ordinary and routine are superb. The chapter on cycle helmets is just brilliant... but sorry Giles I don't have the bottle to cycle without one or have the nerve to drive my car without wearing a seat belt.
I have just bought his novel Winkler and I'm hoping that will be as good.
I have just bought his novel Winkler and I'm hoping that will be as good.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was regrettably bought this for Xmas. I got through about 30 pages and had enough. He's not without wit and as you can see where you're expected to laugh but nothing generates much more than a vague internal sigh. The whole angry man thing is terribly trite and I've seen it done better. It would be much funnier if he focussed on the impotence of his rage - but there's very little honest self-deprecation in it. Despite vaguely sending up his privileged life, the digs are all skin deep and he's still essentially attempting to paint himself as the big-man. The back-handed self-compliments, the implicit vanity and the self-obsession, especially of the first chapter, are all quite grating.
Fundamentally I've no empathy for the protagonist: the guy's a bit of a tit.
Fundamentally I've no empathy for the protagonist: the guy's a bit of a tit.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Rich restaurant reviewer compiles tawdry list of things that annoy him
An over-privileged middle aged man letting everybody knows what 'irks' him. Its not literature, its certainly not comedy. What is it then? Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. Walker
Doesn't do what it says on the tin
A book on managing your anger, perhaps. Or an account of the author's struggles to cope with his own. Or maybe it's a series of rants on topics that annoy the author. Read more
Published 10 months ago by ReaderWriter
Great read
Big fan of Giles from his columns in the Times. He never fails to make me laugh and this book just made me laugh out loud. Read more
Published 11 months ago by janie
not funny enough
Pity about that as it could have been brilliant (the subject matter is) . Giles is just too up his own backside to convey the humour and self deprecation that is needed to make us... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sue Carter
Really enjoyable read
Incredibly entertaining. Any fans of the TV programme "Grumpy Old Men" would appreciate Coren's wit in this book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by scottishfi
Such a Relief
I thought I was the only person in the world who allowed myself to get unreasonably incensed at almost anything you care to mention. Then I read this book. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Sorry
"toot the horn of his blazing wit and linguistic skill"....I dont think so. This is just rubbish. I can't see how anyone would find this repeated rant at random subjects in the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by John
Intermittently funny and pointed
Giles occasionally pins his target right to the board, and he's on my side (some of the time), and he's quite witty - but not half as funny as Nancy Banks Smith or those minor... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Ms. L. R. Fisher
Giles is God
Had bought book at full price as the man is just that appealing. Picked the book up today and read it from cover to cover in 3 hours. Read more
Published 21 months ago by claire dowling
Life according to Mr Coren
I gave it four stars instead of five as I don't think this is anger management for the masses but for Mr Coren to obviously exorcise his demons by entertaining us with them. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Nik Greene Author
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