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Very funny, considering he isn't meant to be in the country (Jack Dee )
Only marginally less threatening than it is funny. Ideal reading material for killing those long hours while being held hostage by enraged Montana militia-men (Christopher Brookmyre )
Recalls the deliriously bathetic fiction of Woody Allen (TIME OUT )
Priceless ...You guessed it: I laughed out loud (SCOTSMAN )
Only marginally less threatening than it is funny. Ideal reading material for killing those long hours while being held hostage by enraged Montana militia-men (Christopher Brookmyre )
Recalls the deliriously bathetic fiction of Woody Allen (TIME OUT )
Priceless ...You guessed it: I laughed out loud (SCOTSMAN )
Christopher Brookmyre
'Only marginally less threatening than it is funny. Ideal reading material for killing those long hours while being held hostage by enraged Montana militia-men'
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BACK WHEN I was a kid my grandfolks, who lived in Eastern Tennessee, owned and operated a small nuclear plant - nothing fancy, mind you, just a little 'mom and pop'-type operation, featuring one of those old-fashioned uranium-rod reactors you hardly see anymore and a little cooling-tower, which Granpa painted a cheery blue and yellow. Read the first page
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BACK WHEN I was a kid my grandfolks, who lived in Eastern Tennessee, owned and operated a small nuclear plant - nothing fancy, mind you, just a little 'mom and pop'-type operation, featuring one of those old-fashioned uranium-rod reactors you hardly see anymore and a little cooling-tower, which Granpa painted a cheery blue and yellow. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This collection of bizarre, surreal, satirical, but more importantly very funny short stories and anecdotes is the funniest thing I've read for a long while. Rich Hall's wry humour touches on subjects such as Neil Diamonds love for hard hats, his grandparents nuclear power plant, london estate agents, and a brilliant satirical spoof of Andy McNab featuring references to Dubya and his fight against the Axis of Easy Listening.
There are approximately forty of these quips on offer in 'Things Snowball', most being under five pages long, which as much as anything makes it an easily digestible read. Very much worth checking out.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Good word using" was how Jonathan Ross summed up Rich Hall's book when he had him on his radio show, generously allowing him to use that quote on future prints. And the book does have 'good word using'.
It's a collection of completely disparate short stories written in various styles. Hall is an extremely accomplished and stylish writer, with superb, economical use of language and imagery. He reminded me at one minute like Harry Hill: latching onto a surreal concept and taking it to it's most illogical conclusion, and at another like a trailer trash US version of John Shuttleworth finding joy in the most mundane daily irrelevance.
There's nothing really linking the stories together - they all come out of left-field - but through them he pokes observational fun at the Brits (especially Aberdeen) but reserves his most cutting humour for his fellow countrymen...like Michael Moore but funny and disarming. The stories are witty, whimsical and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.
It's a book you will dip into and have a meaningless 10 minutes of fun from time to time.
It's a collection of completely disparate short stories written in various styles. Hall is an extremely accomplished and stylish writer, with superb, economical use of language and imagery. He reminded me at one minute like Harry Hill: latching onto a surreal concept and taking it to it's most illogical conclusion, and at another like a trailer trash US version of John Shuttleworth finding joy in the most mundane daily irrelevance.
There's nothing really linking the stories together - they all come out of left-field - but through them he pokes observational fun at the Brits (especially Aberdeen) but reserves his most cutting humour for his fellow countrymen...like Michael Moore but funny and disarming. The stories are witty, whimsical and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.
It's a book you will dip into and have a meaningless 10 minutes of fun from time to time.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very, very funny book. Most of it you can really relate to (estate agents, suburban boredom and nuclear powerstation operation) other things you can only dream of (drinking in Utah).
I've seen a little of his humour before on TV, but felt I'd give it a bash after reading most of it in the book store. It was definitely worth it. The bite size stories are off centre with a slant that will make you think whilst you imbibe.
I've seen a little of his humour before on TV, but felt I'd give it a bash after reading most of it in the book store. It was definitely worth it. The bite size stories are off centre with a slant that will make you think whilst you imbibe.
Oh, and his review of Aberdeen is spot on. Like.
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Reminiscent of Woody Allen
Having enjoyed Rich Halls stand up (a man for whom the word "lugubrious" was invented), I risked this on Kindle. One of my good decisions. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jason LoCascio
Exceptionally Funny.
This book was hilariously funny and great in small doses...
Read one piece a day, except if you borrow it from a library as you may forget to renew it so read at least... Read more
Read one piece a day, except if you borrow it from a library as you may forget to renew it so read at least... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Paul Tubb poet/humorist
My least favourite of his books so far
It's OK but nowhere near as funny as 'Magnificent bastards' or 'I blame society'. I would say it's for completists only.
Published 14 months ago by bettsfan
Chuklefest!
One of those books that makes you chuckle not all that quietly to yourself whilst you're reading it, & for quite a long time afterwards when the mad thoughts pop back into your... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Wattchy
Sometimes genius
Rich Hall is one of the most talented stand ups doing the rounds these days. It's reasonable to be sceptical when a comic moves into print, some of the things that work in their... Read more
Published 20 months ago by MJ
How is this man not more famous
I actually got funny looks on the train to work reading this as I was genuinely crying with laughter!
Absolute genius - more please. And do some stand up in the UK!!
Absolute genius - more please. And do some stand up in the UK!!
Published on 19 May 2008 by Ms. K. Booth
Not as consistently funny as expected.
I'm a fan of Hall's humour and I could hear his voice as I read the stories. The chapters can be hit or miss, but overall the book is funny with some perceptive comments about... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2007 by Lovetoread
Sheer Genius
Can't believe this book doesn't have an overall five star rating yet. There is no book I have ever encountered that I know I can return to with confidence knowing... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2005 by D. A. Smith
Is this for real?
This book was not what I was expecting. I wasn't expecting to see short stories, and it was a couple of essays in before I got my head around the fact that they might not all be... Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2005 by A. Marczak
This book scratched my itch.
So few humor books do that nowadays. That's why I ordered Mr. Hall's hilarious opus about what things do. All the way from England, where he insists upon living now. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2003
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