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'In the tradition of Henry Root and Robin Cooper, these are hilarious spoof letters...the replies are often equally hilarious' --The Bookseller, July 16, 2010
The Henry Root de nos jours --Independent on Sunday, 26th September 2010
The Henry Root de nos jours --Independent on Sunday, 26th September 2010
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A farcical collection of spoof letters from a major new comedy talent. Whether he's offering himself up for adoption to Elton John or attempting to hypnotize Derren Brown by letter Stan Madeley (by deed poll) is a fearless and dynamic correspondent. Boldly billing himself as Britain's top Richard Madely lookalike, he uses his so-called celebrity status as an innovative excuse to plague, pester and pen letters to many well-known faces, politicians and organisations, with hilarious results. Written in the bestselling tradition of the Henry Root and Robin Cooper letters, this is a witty and joyously surreal collection from an extraordinary new voice .
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Second-Class Male: A Book of Misguided Letters (Paperback)
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This immediately appealed to me as I've read a lot of these sort of books like Henry Root's letters, and I like general books on with and humour.This is much the same to Root but of course these letters are written by Stan Madelely, they are just as funny and insightful. The layout of the book in general impressed me too, its got a really nice flow to it and doesn't feel like 'just a lot of letters mashed together' which is what is really is. Really good to read and damn funny as well.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Second-Class Male: A Book of Misguided Letters (Paperback)
Bernie Clifton, Quentin LettsColon Hydrotherapists Derren Brown, The Prince Of Wales All appear in Second Class Male Jeffrey Archer; Pollard, Su Superdrug on page forty two Terry Wogan, Freddie Viggers Lots of laughs and lots of sniggers Some have style, some have grace Noriega - gave good face Corbett, Rantzen, Poundland too Transformations, we love you Stan, he has an attitude Sometimes funny, sometimes rude So don't just stand there, get right to it Buy the book, there's nothing to it Go, Go, Go, Go Oooh, you've got to Let your finger click the buy button Oooh, you've got to just Let your body go with the flow Oooh, you've got to just, Go!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Second class spoof letters,
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This review is from: Second-Class Male: A Book of Misguided Letters (Paperback)
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While I'm perhaps skating on thin eggshells here, I'm going to have to go ahead and stomp my feet (rollerblades and all). As they say- you can't break eggs without making an omelette. Although I hate to be negative about the work of a fellow humorist, I was a bit disappointed by this- compared to some of the finest that's out there. There are a number of good moments, although I just didn't find anything to reach the level of being truly side-wrenching or gut-splitting. While it raised plenty of smiles, I didn't laugh out loud especially often. Even the best moments didn't exactly have me whooping like an American GI who just gunned down a small village of unarmed women and children. It's basically just lacking those unforgettable highlights- like Henry Root's anecdote to Esther Rantzen, say (about Rock Hudson sliding down a staircase on a lavatory seat with his trousers around his ankles, following a failed attempt to kick a cat out of the toilet door). These letters never quite reach that same class. While it hasn't been an unwelcome addition to the shelf of my toilet library, this didn't live up to the level of promise that I might have expected from the reviews.
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