- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books (2 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861978294
- ISBN-13: 978-1861978295
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 105,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The weird and wonderful have found their true home" Independent "Half-Hustler, half Times crossword puzzle" John Sutherland "It's where Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre would have advertised" Guardian"
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'It is a delicious read, stuffed with comically self-deprecating
and very British encapsulations of personality'
and very British encapsulations of personality'
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This ad may not be the best lonely heart in the world, nor its author the best-smelling. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
This ad may not be the best lonely heart in the world, nor its author the best-smelling. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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hugely entertaining,
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This review is from: They Call Me Naughty Lola: The London Review of Books Personal Ads: A Reader (Paperback)
The funniest thing I have read in a long time. A brilliant composition of lonely heart adds that range from side splittingly funny to just plain weird. I didn't think that people could be so open,direct and funny just by writing 30 words about themselves. I can't think of anybody who wouldn't enjoy this book, an ideal gift that i've passed on to many friends and family members.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Genuinely Hilarious.,
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This review is from: They Call Me Naughty Lola: The London Review of Books Personal Ads: A Reader (Paperback)
This book takes pride of place as my favourite toilet read, next to Letterbox by Viz. A quintessential selection of British humour, intelligence and wit, combined with quiet desperation and understated sexual frenzy, you just know that more than half these submissions are written to entertain instead of attract a mate. Let's face it, if you were as half as funny as these personal ads are, you wouldn't be crying yourself to sleep every night in your lonely bedsit or mansion. Buy it, and find your heart warmed by the human condition.
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Achingly funny,
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This review is from: They Call Me Naughty Lola: The London Review of Books Personal Ads: A Reader (Paperback)
This book is a delight, from the very odd entry to some that make your sides and face ache with laughing. We have already passed it round and when back will take it's place in the loo as a great book to enjoy for for two minutes as much as for an evening. Thoroughly recommend it.
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