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'I wish I could think of just one thing I could tell you about Hull, oh yes...it's very nice and flat for cycling.' Philip Larkin
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"Crap Towns" is a humerous guide to the 50 worst towns in Britain. From inner city poverty to self-satisfied middle England, from the dull and the lifeless to the ugly and the depressing, no concrete monstrosity or phoney heritage centre will be left untouched. This title will prove that Britain isn't just the place of warm beer, cosy bed and breakfasts and amiable old gits that some travel books would have us believe. With burnt out cars, shell suits, cheap shoe shops and housing estates patrolled by rabid dogs and feral kids, Britain can be every bit as challenging a destination as the places gap year students and "serious" travellers' usually go for their poverty and misery kick. "Crap Towns" started life on the website of "The Idler" magazine when readers were asked to write short pieces on awful places they knew and despised. The idea captured imaginations throughout the internet community, receiving countless word-of-mouth recommendations from websites, chat rooms and weblogs. It is now a regular feature of "The Idler" and consists of statistics, anecdotes, history and other bits of info sent in by readers.The book selects the top 50 crap towns in Britain and reveals them in
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Funny the first time round,
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This review is from: Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK (Hardcover)
This book was hilarious the first time around. However, it seems it has offended some people who are obviously proud of the towns in which they reside.To be honest this is no work of a genious, it is based on opinion and it takes about 5 minutes to flick through. But you have to admit that the people that wrote this book do have a point about the grotty places they wrote about. Some of them you wouldn't send your worst enemy to, I know because I've been to most of them! The only thing that offended me about it was that it didn't include my home town which I would've have thought would score quite highly! If you are easily offended and patriotic about your home town perhaps it isn't the book for you.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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funny timely outpouring of discontent,
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This review is from: Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK (Hardcover)
In the rush to release Christmas cash-in books (known in the trade as non-books), this compendium of contemporary crud is actually assembled with integrity and professionalism. Tidily designed (except for some washed-out photography), the writing here makes Paul Theroux look like a pussycat - searing vitriol from the bunch of over-educated ne'er-do-wells who make up the audience from a magazine like The Idler. It would be wrong to think these denunciations of Britain spring from the pen of some metropolitan bohemian fop: the contributions are from the current or ex-citizenry of the various tawdry towns. Although it only takes a couple of hours to read, it is extremely funny. The survey is by no means definitive, yet it still serves as a biopsy of contemporary discontent.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's A Cracker,
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This review is from: Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK (Hardcover)
I found Crap Towns quite delightful.Like most folk, I opened the book and immediately searched for places I know, and wasn't dissappointed, but the real joy was coming back and reading it cover to cover. The editing is sharp, and the layout considered, creating a romping pace. I read it in one sitting, but didn't miss a word, and while I initially felt it might be lightweight at 160 pages, soon realised that the inclusion of thousands of similar rants and opinions would merely clutter and bore the reader. Instead, the editors have weeded out the weak, and included just pointed and often very funny opinions. It's unscientific, it's very tongue-in-cheek, but it works.
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