- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (13 Nov 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340920718
- ISBN-13: 978-0340920718
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 307,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'His scathing wit deserves "Comic Laureate" status' (The Sunday Times )
'If there were a comedy GCSE, Chris Addison would be a set text' (Observer )
'He's brilliant, no question' (The Times )
'If there were a comedy GCSE, Chris Addison would be a set text' (Observer )
'He's brilliant, no question' (The Times )
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Look around you. The world is going to hell. Standards have fallen, values have been pawned, young people think 'innit' is a word and decent, honest citizens can't walk down the street without being set upon by an exploding terrorist or globally-warmed to death. We need to pick ourselves up. We need to rebuild this Once Great Nation. But, most of all, we need to be sure it's all somebody else's fault.
From politicians to The Youth of Today, from hapless junior civil servants to Russian oligarchs, from the secret all-powerful society that really runs the world to Baroness Thatcher, IT WASN'T ME provides cast iron proof that there's someone to blame for the fact that the world is going to hell in a Happy Meal Box and - more importantly - that it definitely isn't you.
Chris Addison, award-winning writer, actor, supreme abdicator of responsibility, takes us on a hysterical journey through the many occasions modern society affords to feel better about our own faults by pointing out bigger ones in others. Righteousness has never felt better.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Chris Addison is superbly funny. His educated wit, and sharp eye for satire are a delight. He takes Daily Mail readers to task with gusto, and expands his critique of the blame culture to encompass, inevitably, just about every aspect of our culture. His irony is wonderful. But what I really enjoy are his delicious turns of phrase - his mischevous utterings are complex and layered.
A great book to enjoy whilst tucking into your favourite "mechanically-recovered cake-effect snack".
A great book to enjoy whilst tucking into your favourite "mechanically-recovered cake-effect snack".
2 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having seen the other reviews I was quite excited about reading this book. Sadly I was very disappointed. It is an easy read, but just seems to miss the point and I feel could be a lot funnier. It was a clever idea that the last words in one chapter were then the title for the next chapter, but as I got through the book this seemed to become more and more contrived and more deperate to think of a new chapter name. There are one or two little gems and also some long words, but overall not worth reading in my opinion.
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