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Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That are Absolutely, Positively, 100 Per Cent Not True! (Paperback)

by Richard Roeper (Author)
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  • Paperback: 285 pages
  • Publisher: New Page Books,US; New edition edition (30 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1564144992
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564144997
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 957,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A collection of humorous and entertaining myths that keep the rumour mills churning. Richard Roeper knows plenty about urban legends. As the celebrated syndicated columnist for the "Chicago Sun-Times", Roeper has devoted at least one column a week to the buzz from Hollywood and the countless urban legends that emanate from Tinsel Town and elsewhere. He describes and demystifies urban legends so deliciously tasty that you desperately want it to be true even though you suspect it's just too good not to be false. Rumours used to move at the speed of sound, but our communications technology has hastened the spread of urban legends to the speed of light. You get them in faxes, in voice mail, in e-mail. You hear them on the radio. You read them in hundreds of gossip columns. Each of these stories and, hundreds more like them, have been told and retold, embellished and reworked. They're fun to hear or read and even more fun to retell. They're part of our contemporary folklore and, although they are fictitious, Roeper shows how they tell us a lot about our culture and ourselves.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good starter book!, 20 Feb 2003
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This review is from: Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100 Per Cent Not True! (Hardcover)
This book is easy to read, is presented well and is interesting. It is the ideal reference book for someone who is just getting started in an interest of urban legends. It is not as simple as some of the humourous urban legends book, which is not to say it is without humour! It is concise and informative and is easily read in one sitting. Definitely one of the better of the multitude of urban legend books that are out.
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