- Paperback
- Publisher: Icon Books Ltd (7 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840468084
- ISBN-13: 978-1840468083
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 302,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sometimes facing up to your problems is just not an option. Dixe Wills reveals the ultimate rural, coastal, urban and mountainous getaways for when life gets a bit too much..."Places to Hide" offers a huge range of hiding places throughout Britain, from a discreet corner of the urban jungle of Birmingham to somewhere just off the coast between Talsarnau and Portmeirion. It gives helpful hints on concealment techniques, from crouching to total identity change, and includes up-to-date information on local sources of food, water and camouflage netting. To provide inspiration, Dixe also recounts the experiences of famous hiders such as King Charles II and Lawrence of Arabia, who have proved true the hider's maxim: 'You can run ? and now you can hide.'
About the Author
Dixe Wills writes a monthly column for culture magazine Third Way and has contributed sections for two books produced by the football magazine When Saturday Comes. A former human rights reporter in Guatemala, he now lives in the relative safety of Bethnal Green.
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38 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There are lots of so-called 'humorous' writers out there but in the case of many such books (eg. Lynne Truss), the humour wanes pretty quickly and/or becomes repetitive/obvious/forced/generally boring/silly.
Not so Places to Hide, which doesn't pretend to do anything except take itself utterly seriously. The directory-style format of this book doesn't necessarily make for an easy through-read experience - at first it seems it's more of an amusing loo-break pick-up - but the writing is curiously addictive, and once you've started reading some of the entries, you'll find yourself spending hours on the bog (appropriately enough for a hideout book): 'just one more, then I'll get on with the day'.
Dixe Wills has a knack of taking a perfectly ordinary subject and turning it into a batty parallel universe. Forget Irony for Dummies: this is a masterclass in how to get away with the ludicrous by being completely hilarious. In fact, the scenarios he creates are so funny that when someone hammers on the door and asks how long you're going to be, you realise how boring normal life really is.
I defy anyone to read this and not to laugh at least once.
Not so Places to Hide, which doesn't pretend to do anything except take itself utterly seriously. The directory-style format of this book doesn't necessarily make for an easy through-read experience - at first it seems it's more of an amusing loo-break pick-up - but the writing is curiously addictive, and once you've started reading some of the entries, you'll find yourself spending hours on the bog (appropriately enough for a hideout book): 'just one more, then I'll get on with the day'.
Dixe Wills has a knack of taking a perfectly ordinary subject and turning it into a batty parallel universe. Forget Irony for Dummies: this is a masterclass in how to get away with the ludicrous by being completely hilarious. In fact, the scenarios he creates are so funny that when someone hammers on the door and asks how long you're going to be, you realise how boring normal life really is.
I defy anyone to read this and not to laugh at least once.
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After the stellar success of the Z to Z of Great Britain, Dixe Wills is back with another humorous guide to our fair isle.
Whether you are a professional hider, enthusiastic amateur or even if you are frankly confused by the whole thing, this book is what you've been waiting for. Where else in modern literature could you come across such linguistic gems as: "Hills - lovely in the wild but far too cumbersome for the average lounge". Wit and hilarity of the highest order.
Whether you are a professional hider, enthusiastic amateur or even if you are frankly confused by the whole thing, this book is what you've been waiting for. Where else in modern literature could you come across such linguistic gems as: "Hills - lovely in the wild but far too cumbersome for the average lounge". Wit and hilarity of the highest order.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got this book for christmas. First couple of pages made me smile, but as the book wore on it became less and less funny. There doesn't seem to be much to it after the (admittedly entertaining) premise. Treat this one as a joke book that might be funny the first time, but you certainly wouldn't want to reread it.
Shame really, I feel he could have done much more with the ideas in this book, but the whole thing is undermined by the fairly lame, lumbering sense of humour.
Shame really, I feel he could have done much more with the ideas in this book, but the whole thing is undermined by the fairly lame, lumbering sense of humour.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Get ready for the ultimate game of hide and seek...
First thing to say is that the concept for this book is brilliant. Immediately you know that'll it'll be a tongue in cheek type of book and indeed it is. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tim Roast
Really poor
In my opinion this is one of the worst books I have ever read or tried to read, I could not make it to the end. Read more
Published 17 months ago by thorne
I Managed to read this without without laughing once.
I had hoped that this would turn out to be entertaining and informative along the lines of "Bollocks to Alton Towers". It was not to be. Read more
Published 17 months ago by P. Brooks
'hidden tallent'
I am really looking forward to another edition of this book... but written by somebody else(!)
What a shame! The title and concept really hit a chord with me.. Read more
What a shame! The title and concept really hit a chord with me.. Read more
Published 18 months ago by numpty
A delightful read
Tapping into that latent desire in us all to spend some time withdrawing from the rest of humanity, this enchanting book gives you all the information you could possibly need. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by Mr Dubbing
places to hide
just whats needed today a cool book with as title remarks places to hide
some for a few hours only some for days a cool place to chill in a world of stress
well worth a... Read more
some for a few hours only some for days a cool place to chill in a world of stress
well worth a... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by D. I. Humphreys
Nonsense
Utter rubbish. Don't waste your money. I gave it a one star rating as it wasn't possible to give it no stars.
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by DJS
Sorry: I don't get the joke
I just don't find this funny. It's surreal to the point of being very difficult to read - even though each entry is formatted under different headings. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2009 by Paul Kirkwood
offbeat book, not as expected
OK it is amusing and irreverent in style but its not the hillarious guide to the UK I was expecting - ie. not a guide to good, off-the-beaten-track places to go in the UK. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by Lullabelle
Lordy lord
I can't even begin to describe how funny this book is. So I won't. It is, though. Very.
Published on 6 Oct 2007 by M. Harrison
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