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Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and The Guns of Navarone too long? In that case "A Gentleman's Bedside Book" is perfectly designed to satisfy those final moments of the days with facts, stories, ideas and instructions that will help every bright boy to become a smarter man with a well rounded curriculum of lessons in Science, English, Home Economics, R.E, Modern Languages, P.E, Art, Music and Woodwork. This is a lucky dip of bedside derring-do, humour, and oddity, written in his unique style by best-selling humourist Tom Cutler. It is constantly surprising, ridiculously fascinating, and very, very funny. It includes such entries as: human anatomy for the practical man; the most frequent dream subjects; delicious caustic curries you can make; emergency meals from nowhere; shaving - top tips from the pros; deerstalkers and why they matter; and, how to grow a dashing moustache. This title also includes entries such as: how to open a Champagne bottle with a sword; Samuel Pepys - the rude bits; best ever book titles; tongue twisters; those you may not marry, from "The Book of Common Prayer"; the worst ever movie dialogue; useful foreign chat-up lines; an international swearing dictionary; filthy foreign food; historic dumb predictions; the history of concrete; dad rock; coming out on top in a pub brawl; how to dissolve your wife; mental arithmetic tricks for the practical man - ten tricks; famous car crashes and victims; the seven habits of the highly effective Lothario; really bad chat-up lines; best urban legends - a list; sword swallowing for fun and profit; how to develop a gigantic memory; and, mind blowing mind reading for the complete novice.
About the Author
The son of a sex therapist and a sometime Dominican friar, he began his professional career with a number of false starts as a teacher, set designer, doublebass player, speechwriter, printer, toyshop manager, lyricist, wine waiter, City consultant, puppet maker, typographer, magazine editor, bandleader, portrait painter, radio reporter, cartoonist, and ghost writer for Cardinal Hume. Tom has written two acclaimed song books for children and his original ditty 'Pigs on Holiday' has been performed live, with actions, by Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein. He has written a number of comedy books including 211 Things a Bright Girl/Boy Can Do.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Amazon have this nifty thing whereby they send you an email when a new book comes out by an author you like. I recently got one of these, telling me about this book. Well, I read the hilarious acknowledgements and was hooked. This is truly one of the great addictive dipping-fests of all time, with everything you can possibly imagine from dire chat-up lines to great TV classics, to nutty lists, to weird cookery (mice in cream), and a whole section all about 'Big Stuff'. I know it's supposed to be a bedside book but my fellow commuters are sick of hearing me laughing as we judder between stops on the way to work. Tom Cutler has a real gift for humour - and It's such a cool-looking book too. I love it.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book as a gift but dont you always look through a book before you wrap it up. It looked like a good fun read - designed to occupy the reader for the last few minuts of the day before you go sleep - assuming you have nothing better to do! Had great tips on such things as how to grow a moustache, how to open your champagne with your trusty sword some chat up lines and some unusual swear words and heaps more. All the essential hints a chap needs - should be on every bedside table - you'll be awake for ages and will want to them share with everyone at work the next morning.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I found the early parts of this book amusing but it ran out of steam. There is some puerile, made-up stuff in between some really interesting information. The chat-up lines were corny and - I suspect - reflect the writer's age. His ever so jolly style wears a bit thin after awhile as does his use of the word 'blimmin''. It's difficult to know what this means. If he means 'blooming', why not say it? There are stronger words in the book.
The other main problem is the sometimes sexist humour. This may have been OK 20-30 years ago but is either a bit tired now or just insulting, depending on your point of view. The book made me giggle sometimes but I am not sure I will be buying too many copies as stocking fillers!
The other main problem is the sometimes sexist humour. This may have been OK 20-30 years ago but is either a bit tired now or just insulting, depending on your point of view. The book made me giggle sometimes but I am not sure I will be buying too many copies as stocking fillers!
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Published 9 months ago by colinwasp
Christmas present
Bought 2 of these for stocking fillers at Christmas. They have a very good review at waterstones and are said to be very funny. Very pleased with them and the delivery times.
Published 16 months ago by Brandonk
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