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From the writers behind The Thick of It and In the Loop comes Malcolm Tucker's lost secret government files...
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'It's the kind of f***-up that would normally have Malcolm Tucker, Number 10's Communications Director, the master of spin and the "Matrix" spitting blood ... No, the guilty party in this instance is none other than Tucker himself. The man who likes to keep an iron grip on every news item in the media and every policy announcement that comes out of the government, has only gone and LEFT A CONFIDENTIAL FILE ON A TRAIN: The DoSAC Files.'
Based around the idea that King of Spin Malcolm Tucker has lost a confidential and highly-damaging file on a train, this book is a collection of highly sensitive documents: personnel files, policy drafts, letters and emails, transcripts of phone calls, election campaign documents and top secret papers on the government's media strategy for wars and recessions. There are also more personal documents such as the early drafts of Tucker's diary, in no legal condition for publication. It's explosive stuff, which could end careers on both sides, including Tucker's own...
From the team behind the award-winning and phenomenally successful The Thick Of It, and the Oscar-nominated In The Loop, comes the official tie-in book, The DoSAC Files. Written by the show's creator Armando Iannucci along with his co-writers Jesse Armstrong, Tony Roche, Simon Blackwell and swearing consultant Ian Martin, The DoSAC Files looks set to be the political satire event of the year.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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You know those 'comedy tie-in' books your parents bought you for Christmas when you were 14? Monty Python Contractual Obligation book, the Goodies annual etc? This is one of those. A nice Christmas bonus for Iannucci and his co-writers, but is it any good for the reader?
Not really. Take the story, the drama and the actors out of 'The Thick Of It' (one of the very best UK comedies) and what is left is not that funny. Basically, this is a book that looks like it has been written by a committee of Comedy Annual Factory Workers using bits of script out-takes and stuff pulled out of the 'Lame Ideas?' box. Example: there is a 3 page dossier called 'Peter Mannion - Attack Points', then a list of illustrated ideas in 'Comedy Annual Format' including 'has floppy hair', 'takes viagra', 'looks like a mass murderer.' Ha Ha! The Mannion character was funny, charming, cynical and, in some ways, quite a decent old cove in the series, but now he has been transported to Comedy Annual Land.
I am not saying you won't find a chuckle or two in here. I quite like the description of Adam Boulton as a 'male Sandi Toksvig with a glandular complaint', but even that is pretty mild stuff. Adam alone, a bigoted, evil toad, deserves a far more savage and considered attack, doesn't he? His bloated, blotchy appearance is not the worst thing about him.
In short, this is a hugely disappointing book that will be gracing charity shops in bulk shortly after Christmas, I suspect. By that time, though, Iannucci and his cohorts will have taken our money as unashamedly as the Coalition government.
(Incidentally, potential buyers looking at reviews on this book should look out for blatant 'publisher's reviews,' written by newly created Amazon accounts. You'll spot them by the way they are written - the kind of publisher's hype you only get in blurbs: 'achingly funny' 'a huge credit to the writers', it made me laugh out loud' etc.)
'Ever had the feeling you've been cheated?' (J.Rotten).
Not really. Take the story, the drama and the actors out of 'The Thick Of It' (one of the very best UK comedies) and what is left is not that funny. Basically, this is a book that looks like it has been written by a committee of Comedy Annual Factory Workers using bits of script out-takes and stuff pulled out of the 'Lame Ideas?' box. Example: there is a 3 page dossier called 'Peter Mannion - Attack Points', then a list of illustrated ideas in 'Comedy Annual Format' including 'has floppy hair', 'takes viagra', 'looks like a mass murderer.' Ha Ha! The Mannion character was funny, charming, cynical and, in some ways, quite a decent old cove in the series, but now he has been transported to Comedy Annual Land.
I am not saying you won't find a chuckle or two in here. I quite like the description of Adam Boulton as a 'male Sandi Toksvig with a glandular complaint', but even that is pretty mild stuff. Adam alone, a bigoted, evil toad, deserves a far more savage and considered attack, doesn't he? His bloated, blotchy appearance is not the worst thing about him.
In short, this is a hugely disappointing book that will be gracing charity shops in bulk shortly after Christmas, I suspect. By that time, though, Iannucci and his cohorts will have taken our money as unashamedly as the Coalition government.
(Incidentally, potential buyers looking at reviews on this book should look out for blatant 'publisher's reviews,' written by newly created Amazon accounts. You'll spot them by the way they are written - the kind of publisher's hype you only get in blurbs: 'achingly funny' 'a huge credit to the writers', it made me laugh out loud' etc.)
'Ever had the feeling you've been cheated?' (J.Rotten).
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I dont work for a publisher, but I am a fan of the series. To be honest, if you werent a fan of the series then I'm not sure you would really "get" this anyway. Book is hilarious and exactly what I hoped for - a continuation of one of the funniest comedies I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. Very, very funny. Enjoy...
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
very well written. obviously not a complete substitute for the TV series but a fine aid to the dark chasm of a void left behind without it. well written. good 'new book smell'. definitely feels like a book with some shiny bits as well as a front AND a back cover. but all in all, very readable and very funny. As everyone else says "not an annual" I will spare you from saying that it is "not an annual", even though I'm not sure what an "annual" is, just that this is "not an annual". So that concludes this DISGRACE of a review. Blown my chances of a job as critic but never you mind. All you need to know is. If you like the Thick of It, you'll enjoy the book. makes a good present. smells good.
peace-out possible purchasers.
peace-out possible purchasers.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A must for any fan of The Thick of it
I loved this. I think the reader needs to be pretty familiar with the characters to appreciate it, but for someone who is, I think they would love it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by watcher
For true devotees only
A bit disappointing to be honest, this doesn't add to the success of the TV series, and is short of good material.
Published 10 months ago by Shupi
Buy it.
If you really liked the show, then this will be a valuable accompaniment to your box set. Buy it, it's hilarious.
Published 15 months ago by Tzrnutt
BRILLIANT!
So funny. Anyone that enjoys the show cannot but love this laugh out loud gem.
cant wait for the next broadcast series.
garry
cant wait for the next broadcast series.
garry
Published 16 months ago by gt
Armando Ianucci is a genius
Christmas present for my brother, with the series box set. Swift delivery, packaged well, and the show and book are hilarious, funniest, most original comedy in years. Read more
Published 16 months ago by pindge
All you need to know about the Department of Social Affairs
If you followed the career of Malcolm Tucker in "The Thick Of It" on TV and admired his appearance in the film "In the Loop", you have to access this dossier of highly compromising... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Edutainer
Some hits, many misses
As a big fan of the series and the associated film, I was pleased to receive this as a Christmas gift but after reading it I'm left disappointed. Read more
Published 17 months ago by onemanlandslide
I laughed out loud (and I am nothing to do with the publisher)
I very much enjoyed this book. It has been imaginatively put together like a loose leaf tag bound file full of miscellaneous documents which you can dip in and out of. Read more
Published 17 months ago by DeTa
If you like the series, you'll love this
I received a copy of this on Wednesday - it's so good that I have been trying to ration myself into not reading it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jamie MacDonald
80% as good as the series
"The Thick of It" as a series is a hard act to follow, but the book does a pretty good job. It isn't as refined and filtered as the show, and so not as uproarously funny, but for... Read more
Published 18 months ago by damoske
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