- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: YouWriteOn.com (8 Dec 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849230102
- ISBN-13: 978-1849230100
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,810,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Eighteen hundred amusing lies and not a scrap of truth to be seen. Judged as being "extraordinarily witty" by The Revd. Charles Chlamydia (1823-1881) while Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) said "I don't get it, and anyway I've been dead 113 years, why are you asking me?"
--This text refers to an alternate
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From the Author
STEVE SAYS: Rich and I first met in the mid Nineties in a pub called the King Edward VII in Stratford, E15. Recognising in each other the exulted art of Talking Utter Bollocks we started writing our own book - Rich set up a website that was little more than a drop point for ideas, to be tidied up in the editing.
When it was deemed ready (1800 ish lies or 50,000 words - we reckoned that was about 200 pages), I started hawking it round publishers, but it became clear that without an agent, no-one was interested, and agents 'weren't taking anyone on, love'.
The moment of revelation came in the humour department of Waterstones on Piccadilly in London; 90+% of the books in there were, frankly, shit. Books with one joke repeated ad nauseam, lousy full page single gag comics, all sorts of crap - and it got published! One can only assume the authors had an 'in' to the market. Suffice to say, the publishers didn't seem to be interested, so we found out how to do it ourselves instead, simply because our book is funnier than the vast majority of the potential landfill on the shelves out there. We took the attitude that if the publishers won't play with us, we'll play with ourselves instead. Hang on, can I rewrite that bit?
Originally published in 2006 and then reissued in a second edition in (apparently) late 2008 but really in early 2009, this book had been subject of many rejection letters from publishing houses and agents alike, which is a shame because it's really very funny. It does seem to be a bit Marmite; you'll lve it or hate it.
If you find the version with the cow on the front, that's the second edition. Buy that one. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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At last a second edition,
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This review is from: A Little Book of Lies (Paperback)
I loved the first book so much I kept it in the toilet next to my prized, first edition 'The Meaning of Liff'. Since then we have had another toilet built and I have been bereft of suitable reading material to furnish that room with... that is until now. Thank you Mr PR and Mr Lockwood for finally publishing this latest installment of what is rapidly becoming a long running series to. I can't wait for episode three, although that will mean I have to build a third toilet, perhaps I'll just go for the conservatory or even a gazebo, what do the readers think?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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So good I wrote the fly-leaf review....,
This review is from: A Little Book Of Lies (or Penguin Gynaecology for Beginners) (Paperback)
....and I'm still waiting for my royalties.
Or is that a lie?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Will the real Chuckle Brothers please stand up,
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This review is from: A Little Book Of Lies (or Penguin Gynaecology for Beginners) (Paperback)
This is a collection of inspired mis-truths. Even the title can be the grounds of a prosecution under the trades description act - it's not a little book at all, it's big with over 1800 entries and a very useful index if you want to find a non-fact about a specific subject.
The best place to read this is in a public place. On the train into work I was laughing so much I felt duty bound to explain why to my fellow passengers. As well as bringing a little ray of sunshine into your otherwise dull lives, The Little Book of Lies also cures overcrowding on public transport. After a few pages I had the whole carriage to my self. And the guard didn't even approach me to sell me a ticket. Amazing.
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