- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment; First Edition edition (7 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007189931
- ISBN-13: 978-0007189939
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 317,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Grumpy Old Men:
‘I am in fact a grumpy old man. Or at least that is now my firm suspicion, so much ranting, railing, and mirthful thigh-slapping did I do while reading this malcontents’ manual.’
Daily Mail
‘David Quantick wittily hits the mark’ The Observer
‘David Quantick’s Grumpy Old Men takes a well-executed pop at everything from customer help-lines to hotel muzak, “charity muggers” and greetings cards.’ The Times
‘An indispensable guide to the whiner in us all.’ The Sun
‘When it comes to top honours, then, a qualified nod in favour of David Quantick's new Grumpy Old Men.’ The Western Daily Press
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.Product Description
At last! A comprehensive, handy guide for the misery-guts in your life.
Are you an irritable, crabby, cantankerous, malcontented old grump? Well relax, because you're not alone. Grumpy Old Men is an annotated, cross-referenced and fully illustrated manual for malcontents everywhere: the comprehensive Gripes of Wrath.
A compilation of gripes and grumbles, illustrated with blood-boiling images such as derailed trains and traffic wardens throughout.
The next time you find yourself enraged by pointless speed bumps, overcrowded trains, ill-mannered drivers, irritating adverts, inefficient customer help-lines, overbooked airlines, inconsiderate cyclists, slow-moving caravans, extortionate bank charges, persistent charity collectors, mindless hotel muzak, unfunny clowns or just plain miserable British weather, let this book take the strain.
The ultimate in stress-relief for the 21st-Century Grouch.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book made me laugh out loud, and I am neither grumpy nor a man (nor that old). A friend of mine described it as "rants about everything" and that's exactly what it is. Of course, you could read it all in one sitting, but I find it's best dipped into. And
it's value for money, too - especially as it is hardcover.
it's value for money, too - especially as it is hardcover.
If you find life gets to you from time to time and you'd like to laugh at your own misery - or just want to nod in agreement at the frustrations of existence, from speedbumps to clowns (this is nothing if not a wide-ranging collection), then this book is
for you. I wish it weren't as funny as it is because I can't stay miserable when I read it.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is hilarious from start to finish. It includes several laugh out loud moments but ultimately the one thing the book causes you to do is nod your head, as you start agreeing with everything he says. I am only eighteen (a grumpy young man?) but I can still identify with what is said.
If you want a good laugh, get this book!
If you want a good laugh, get this book!
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Hot on the heels of last year's highly acclaimed BBC television series comes this book. It is in fact quite independent of the series, being written by someone else, but it does cover much the same ground, with swipes being taken at all the usual targets of frustration, from airport catering, through all things French and Ikea, to wasps.
The only slightly surprising assertion in the book is that the main qualification as a GOM is to be aged between 35 and 54, which means that I shall shortly be past it - there, and I thought I had years to go before I earned my Victor Meldrew stripes.
In truth, although the book's cover and publicity suggests that it is a handy guide and exercise in stress relief for men in that age range, it is perhaps more relevant as required reading for anyone younger than 35, so that they can be made aware of just how miserable life can be, if they let it. For anyone older, well, we've heard it all before, and although it is quite sharp and funny to begin with, it soon becomes predictable, repetitive, and boring. Considering it only runs to 143 A5 sized pages and can be read within a couple of hours, this is no mean feat. This grumpy old man felt he'd wasted his cash.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
One star
Well, unfortunately there is no way to give no star at all, so I had to think of a reason to give this book a star. Took some time, but I found it: this book makes you think! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hans Baas
Disappointed.
I picked a copy of this book thinking it was affiliated to the TV show which I enjoy watching. It isn't. Read more
Published 9 months ago by BookCrazy
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Published 11 months ago by mel15ice
Book
Bought this book as a Christmas gift and the recipient was very pleased with it and thought it was very funny!
Published 13 months ago by S. Mumford
A good laugh and a light read.
I bought this for my partner who is a grumpy sod. He really found it enjoyable and wanted me to read it. It had me in stitches and I agreed with most of what the book said. Read more
Published on 23 May 2009 by KJ PRIVETT
If you like rants, you'll like this
It's nothing special, but it is very funny. If you didn't like the TV series or the general stlye of humourous rants, you probably wouldn't be considering this book in the first... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2008 by J. A. Marczak
Not for me, thanks.
Anyone buying this book on the strength of seeing the excellent television series will be disappointed. The TV programme was witty and acerbic. This book is not. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2007 by MaxC
Not old but grumpy
I saw the author on TV recently and he does not qualify to write as an old man though his grumpiness is well detailed here. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2006 by G. J. Weeks
If this doesn't make you laugh......you must be dead!
They say laughter increases your life span. Read this and you'll live to be 200. It's a lovely selection of "grumps" about the things we all find exasperating -- people... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2005
Grumpy Old Me
I picked up this book on the mistaken assumption it had something to do with the television series. I have never seen the programme but the premise is middle aged men have a moan... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2005
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