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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 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.
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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Bernie Clifton, Quentin Letts
Colon 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!
Colon 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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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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Ok to dip into
This is "toilet" reading material: ok to read a couple of pages at a time but that's it. The first couple of letters were amusing but I quickly became bored and didn't even finish... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Reader
Rather dull
Spoof letters to try to wind up the (usually famous) recipients. Oh dear. An idea whose time came and went years ago with Henry Root. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J0n G
Second-class Henry Root
As a concept, 'Second Class Male' is right up my street. Having read most of the Henry Root letters in various people's lavatories over the years, I was anticipating at least a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by International Cowgirl
brilliant!
I picked this book as I like this "type" of literature, i.e written in letters.
I wasn't disappointed on that score, what was a suprise was how funny it was, some of the... Read more
I wasn't disappointed on that score, what was a suprise was how funny it was, some of the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by T. Andrews
It's been done better by others
Stan Madeley (by deed poll) is or was a Richard Madeley lookalike. I remember reading the Henry Root letters years ago which at the time were innovative and funny. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Damaskcat
Has been done before, and better
Second Class Male consists of a series of letters, and replies, which the author Stan Madeley sends to businesses, politicians and famous people and then publishes both that and... Read more
Published 15 months ago by J.E.T
Funny but irritating
This is, obviously, a good toilet book. The letters are ideal to read one or two at a time. Read any more- try to read the whole book over a short period of time- and you may, like... Read more
Published 15 months ago by elmsyrup
Dont bother
Thought this would be along the lines of the Timewaster letters books, which were hilarious ... but its not really that funny. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jimbo
4.5* SECOND CLASS MALE - A First Class Read!!!!
A very funny book that's easy to get into. Basically a collection of letters that the author has written to celebs and the famous, and the responses he gets back. Read more
Published 16 months ago by ROROBLU'S MUM
Not a new idea, but still funny
The idea of sending stupid letters to official organisations, and then increasing the stupidity and/or insanity when the correspondence continues, is not a new one. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Paul Fillery
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