In THE AUDACITY OF HYPE, Armando Iannucci cuts straight to the heart of the insanity and sherbet-headed nonsense of modern life. THE AUDACITY OF HYPE brings together his views on diverse subjects, ranging from wickedly funny pen portraits of the sometimes loveable, usually despicable chumps who like to think of themselves as our political elite, and their bonkers schemes to save the world that are in fact likely to do us more harm than a pile of witches, to WMD, disaster movies, the pitfalls of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here' and the high and mighty rhetoric of Obama, this is an absurdly entertaining and utterly indispensable collection from one of Britain's most brilliant satirists.
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** 'A genuinely hilarious non-stop crack-up-fest that only the comatose and the dead won't enjoy (DAZED & CONFUSED )
** 'It's a tempestuous collection of philosophical musings and rants... Less of a toilet book than a lavatorial bible (WORD )
** 'Since Beachcomber and Myles na Gopaleen, we have needed another newspaper columnist whose manic humour can do injustice to the new, unimproved modern world (THE TIMES )
** 'Many a mirthful, misanthropic moment (LONDON LITE )
** 'It's a tempestuous collection of philosophical musings and rants... Less of a toilet book than a lavatorial bible (WORD )
** 'Since Beachcomber and Myles na Gopaleen, we have needed another newspaper columnist whose manic humour can do injustice to the new, unimproved modern world (THE TIMES )
** 'Many a mirthful, misanthropic moment (LONDON LITE )
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* A collection of wildly inventive stories, strange musings and insane rants from Armando Iannucci, one of Britain's foremost satirical comedy writers
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By N. Danson
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I love Armando Iannucci. There's not a single thing this man has been involved in that I've not enjoyed on some level. He's a genius, yet he doesn't seem aware of it, which makes him quite an endearing character.
His 1st book, "Facts and Fancies", is one of my "go to" books when I've exhausted all unread books, and want something I know will deliver. To say I was excited about this book would be an understatement.
And it IS a good book. Whereas F&F was a chapter-chapter-chapter affair, this is very much a brain dump - some "bits" are 3 or 4 lines, some several pages long. Some of it is genius, some just misses the mark (for me). F&F latched onto absurd premises, took it and ran it until the original idea seemed plausible (such as the mathematical formula for nursery rhymes), whereas this book doesn't let each idea flourish in the same way. Which is a shame, but then perhaps they wouldn't work the same way had Iannucci expanded the concepts and taken a flight of fancy with them. Also, in fairness to Iannucci - he's already written that book, and this is a different book, meaning that just doing the same thing again probably wasn't the spark of what he wanted to achieve.
But it IS a good book. The above paragraph sounds so negative, but it really is a good book. If you appreciate Iannucci's more surreal works (his show for example), you'll definitely enjoy this, and annoy the heck out of whoever is sat nearby with chuckles of delight.
His 1st book, "Facts and Fancies", is one of my "go to" books when I've exhausted all unread books, and want something I know will deliver. To say I was excited about this book would be an understatement.
And it IS a good book. Whereas F&F was a chapter-chapter-chapter affair, this is very much a brain dump - some "bits" are 3 or 4 lines, some several pages long. Some of it is genius, some just misses the mark (for me). F&F latched onto absurd premises, took it and ran it until the original idea seemed plausible (such as the mathematical formula for nursery rhymes), whereas this book doesn't let each idea flourish in the same way. Which is a shame, but then perhaps they wouldn't work the same way had Iannucci expanded the concepts and taken a flight of fancy with them. Also, in fairness to Iannucci - he's already written that book, and this is a different book, meaning that just doing the same thing again probably wasn't the spark of what he wanted to achieve.
But it IS a good book. The above paragraph sounds so negative, but it really is a good book. If you appreciate Iannucci's more surreal works (his show for example), you'll definitely enjoy this, and annoy the heck out of whoever is sat nearby with chuckles of delight.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Sir Bob
Format:Paperback
If you like the Armando Iannucci shows or his appearences on the 99p challenge then think more of that kind of thing for the contens of this book.
Much of it is a collection of work previously published in the Telegraph or Observer and it consists of some small, some slightly longer flights of fancy. If you read it in Armandos voice and delivery style then it'll work, you need to put that effort in to get the right feeling in your head but it's worth it. So, very much for Iannucci fans but suffers from not having the delivery of the man himself.
Much of it is a collection of work previously published in the Telegraph or Observer and it consists of some small, some slightly longer flights of fancy. If you read it in Armandos voice and delivery style then it'll work, you need to put that effort in to get the right feeling in your head but it's worth it. So, very much for Iannucci fans but suffers from not having the delivery of the man himself.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By N. Addy
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Whether you are already a fan of Armando's stunning TV portfolio - The Day Today, Brass Eye, Time Trumpet, The Thick of It - or coming to him anew, you should get a real kick out of this collection of his columns from the Daily Telegraph and Observer. I had missed them completely, so this supercolumnpendium was a great read (my pathetic attempt at an Iannucci-ism).
With consummate skill, joy and despair, he brilliantly satirises the everyday absurdities of modern life. From 'and' being declared the most important syllable of the 20th century to the popularity of reality TV shows, the manipulation of fact and increasingly language by the modern politician, and the war in Irag, Armando Iannucci rages at the modern world, frequently straddling the ever greying border between fact and fiction, leaving you bemused, confused and bent double with laughter. His pleasure in the creation of new and unusual insults is a joy to share.
Make sure you update your vocabulary with his dictionary of modern usage, for example, 'nanopology': a newspaper retraction less than one-sixteenth the size of the original story.
Excellent.
With consummate skill, joy and despair, he brilliantly satirises the everyday absurdities of modern life. From 'and' being declared the most important syllable of the 20th century to the popularity of reality TV shows, the manipulation of fact and increasingly language by the modern politician, and the war in Irag, Armando Iannucci rages at the modern world, frequently straddling the ever greying border between fact and fiction, leaving you bemused, confused and bent double with laughter. His pleasure in the creation of new and unusual insults is a joy to share.
Make sure you update your vocabulary with his dictionary of modern usage, for example, 'nanopology': a newspaper retraction less than one-sixteenth the size of the original story.
Excellent.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Surely Scotlands finest living thing?
Free full-size stadium on page 188! also contains a cut-out-and-keep Aberdonian womans face mask! Gordon Brown smiles with every purchase...aww.
Published 2 months ago by Neal
4.0 out of 5 stars
the audacity of hype
very enjoyable. as always some very imaginative humour from one of the best comedy writers of the present time.
will read again
will read again
Published 3 months ago by moggyboy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brain Tickling for Iannucci Fans
Armando Iannucci is my comedy god.
If you like his delightful, fanciful, clever humour then this is for you. Read more
If you like his delightful, fanciful, clever humour then this is for you. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Karrigan
2.0 out of 5 stars
Patchy
Maybe I expected too much from it but it was patchy in the extreme. There were some extremely enjoyable rants but, for the most part, it struck me as a way of fillng space on a... Read more
Published 11 months ago by WM
5.0 out of 5 stars
...and I thought it was just me!
Having way back when watched Brass Eye and The Ianucci Tape(s) I was beginning to wonder what the man was doing with his life. I needn't have worried. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2010 by W.Hitenigger
2.0 out of 5 stars
Take Armando's own advice - you don't need to read this.
I started reading this book hoping for good things - I don't mind a good old rant. However this book is ridiculously dis-jointed and random, and I much much much prefer the way... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2010 by miltonlivesful
1.0 out of 5 stars
All I Got Was Bewilderment...
A huge sense of bewilderment when I saw how highly other readers have rated this book when I'm scratching my head looking for a way to give it No Stars. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2010 by CliffH
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Read
Armando, armed with his usual wit and bang-on observations about modern culture, will delight you. You will probably read this book in one sitting. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2010 by Grainne Coll
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Iannucci, hilarious and packed with ideas
A densely packed book-sized dose of unmistakably Armando Iannucci ideas. The ideas come so tightly packed that you might have to read this in short doses to appreciate the... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Mr. Stuart Bruce
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