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‘It’s impossible to imagine any of the glut of festive titles packing in quite so many gags as this… better than the mix of memoir and stand-up of his debut, My Shit Life So Far.’
Chortle
‘Caustic and clever…delightfully uncontained – there are no areas into which he will not travel’ The Herald
‘Utterly hilarious and ferociously intelligent…he has launched a one man Jihad against apathy and indifference and in the process has managed to outshine most of what is published today.’ Entertainment.ie
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'It's impossible to imagine any of the glut of festive titles packing in quite so many gags as this! better than the mix of memoir and stand-up of his debut, My Shit Life So Far.' Chortle 'Caustic and clever!delightfully uncontained -- there are no areas into which he will not travel' The Herald 'Utterly hilarious and ferociously intelligent!he has launched a one man Jihad against apathy and indifference and in the process has managed to outshine most of what is published today.' Entertainment.ie
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Overall a pretty entertaining read, Work! Consume! Die, has three recurring sections:
firstly there are surreal short stories apparently based on the author's life. These are very inventive, satirical, and dark. They generally paint a portrait of the writer as a drug-addled, envious, celebrity-hating sociopath. I'd like to see Frankie Boyle write more short stories based on these samples.
Then there are sections where the Boyle gives seemingly straightforward criticisms of aspects of society, and how people kid themselves.. I find these sections extremely refreshing, both in their honesty, and in their harsh indictment of the consumer based culture we have. Boyle has the gift of being funny even whilst he is preaching from the pulpit. These were my favourite parts of the book, but also, sadly, the shortest.
The majority of the book, and the one that I expect will play to Boyle's largest fanbase, are the long sections of risque jokes about celebrities and politics and so on. Pretty much typical stand up routine stuff, about how fat James Corden is, or how Jordan has fake breasts, just a bit riskier jokes. I understand that parts of W!C!D! are culled from the author's Sun columns. I haven't read these columns, but I am guessing that these are those parts. The gags are pretty funny, and even if you don't like a few, they come so thick and fast, that there's bound to be a funnier one coming up in a few sentences time.
The uneasy feeling that I got from all this was the contradiction between the parts of the book. Frankie Boyle obviously sees himself as the heir to Bill Hicks and Lenny Bruce: a comedian who tells it like it is about our sick, celebrity obsessed culture. The problem is that Frankie Boyle comes across as more celebrity-obsessed than anyone, since all his jokes are about D-list celebrities. It could be an ironic stance, but I suspect it is more about paying the bills. I understand his justification for doing Sun columns is that he is sugaring the pill so he can spread his message to a wider audience. Based on what's on offer here, it's all sugar, and no pill. Interestingly, at this point in his career, Frankie Boyle is stuck on the fence between taking cash from the Sun for saying daringly rude things about celebrities we love to hate, and making interesting and truly subversive comments about our culture. He could go either way. I, for one, hope that he forsakes some of the fast money and drops the celebrity bashing in favour of his more interesting stuff. After all, in twenty years time, nobody is going to know who James Corden or Katie Price are, but people will still listen to Bill Hicks recordings.
firstly there are surreal short stories apparently based on the author's life. These are very inventive, satirical, and dark. They generally paint a portrait of the writer as a drug-addled, envious, celebrity-hating sociopath. I'd like to see Frankie Boyle write more short stories based on these samples.
Then there are sections where the Boyle gives seemingly straightforward criticisms of aspects of society, and how people kid themselves.. I find these sections extremely refreshing, both in their honesty, and in their harsh indictment of the consumer based culture we have. Boyle has the gift of being funny even whilst he is preaching from the pulpit. These were my favourite parts of the book, but also, sadly, the shortest.
The majority of the book, and the one that I expect will play to Boyle's largest fanbase, are the long sections of risque jokes about celebrities and politics and so on. Pretty much typical stand up routine stuff, about how fat James Corden is, or how Jordan has fake breasts, just a bit riskier jokes. I understand that parts of W!C!D! are culled from the author's Sun columns. I haven't read these columns, but I am guessing that these are those parts. The gags are pretty funny, and even if you don't like a few, they come so thick and fast, that there's bound to be a funnier one coming up in a few sentences time.
The uneasy feeling that I got from all this was the contradiction between the parts of the book. Frankie Boyle obviously sees himself as the heir to Bill Hicks and Lenny Bruce: a comedian who tells it like it is about our sick, celebrity obsessed culture. The problem is that Frankie Boyle comes across as more celebrity-obsessed than anyone, since all his jokes are about D-list celebrities. It could be an ironic stance, but I suspect it is more about paying the bills. I understand his justification for doing Sun columns is that he is sugaring the pill so he can spread his message to a wider audience. Based on what's on offer here, it's all sugar, and no pill. Interestingly, at this point in his career, Frankie Boyle is stuck on the fence between taking cash from the Sun for saying daringly rude things about celebrities we love to hate, and making interesting and truly subversive comments about our culture. He could go either way. I, for one, hope that he forsakes some of the fast money and drops the celebrity bashing in favour of his more interesting stuff. After all, in twenty years time, nobody is going to know who James Corden or Katie Price are, but people will still listen to Bill Hicks recordings.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A fair account of a man contemplating suicide in an absurd world, but being too sociopathic to get the job done. A great antidote to reality and welcome return from one of the most important comics of his generation!
Frankie lays waste, in typical Frankie Boyle fashion, to the banality of existence through a series of hilarious vignettes on popular culture, politics and world affairs. One gets the sense of Boyle as a latter day Oscar Wilde; had Wilde been straight, foul mouthed, Scottish and a world weary harbinger of a doomed future.
In a culture so marred with demogogues trying to manipulate our worldview, in the most superficial and mundane way possible, Frankie emerges as somewhat of a comic 'Christ' figure or 'Neo'; showing us how far the rabbit hole really goes.
Frankie lays waste, in typical Frankie Boyle fashion, to the banality of existence through a series of hilarious vignettes on popular culture, politics and world affairs. One gets the sense of Boyle as a latter day Oscar Wilde; had Wilde been straight, foul mouthed, Scottish and a world weary harbinger of a doomed future.
In a culture so marred with demogogues trying to manipulate our worldview, in the most superficial and mundane way possible, Frankie emerges as somewhat of a comic 'Christ' figure or 'Neo'; showing us how far the rabbit hole really goes.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you think the world around you is absurd and just plain wrong, then this nihilistic-existentialist book provides a welcome catharsis to your hellish existence.
Conversely, if you read and enjoy the Daily Mail and write letters to Ofcom, which complain about the profane vernacular of BBC panel shows, then reading this book will make your head explode, whilst simultaneously smashing you through the space-time continuum.
Not every joke lands, but most of them do.
Frankie is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, which is probably why he's not allowed on television any more.
Conversely, if you read and enjoy the Daily Mail and write letters to Ofcom, which complain about the profane vernacular of BBC panel shows, then reading this book will make your head explode, whilst simultaneously smashing you through the space-time continuum.
Not every joke lands, but most of them do.
Frankie is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, which is probably why he's not allowed on television any more.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointing.
I bought this with trepidation: FB does like to tread over the line of decency, but therein lie his comic gems. Read more
Published 1 month ago by FigBugDad
Frankie Boyle is just funny!!!!
Highly offensive and not for the faint hearted but ridiculously funny. Frankie Boyle, exactly as you'd expect him to be
Published 2 months ago by zsb
Incoherant
Let me start by saying I don't find Frankie Boyle offensive, I don't think he is the greatest either -but his style of comedy is not the reason for this 2 star review. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Misty
Not as good as his first book!
i found myself flicking past pages as some of his long diatribes about reality television just were nto funny
I thought his first book, although different in tone, was a... Read more
I thought his first book, although different in tone, was a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bob SpankyMonkey
Good, with random extreme offensiveness
If you've seen Frankie Boyle in action you know the kind of thing, a razor wit with nothing off limits. Read more
Published 3 months ago by dave the busker
Work! Consume Die!
The disturbed ramblings of a broken and haunted soul crying out for help writ large on the page.
Hilarious.
Five Stars!!
Hilarious.
Five Stars!!
Published 4 months ago by M. Wilson
Funny but forced.
This book is basically just an extension of Frankie's general humour. If you like his stand-up and general level of taste then you'll probably like this. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Arthur W
What kind of comedian is he??
I barely got past the first page before I got invited into this sick twisted book; which is just written to shock you. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Jonathan A. Jones
Brutal, but very, very good
One of the funniest and truest (unfortunately) books I have ever read. The world is indeed a messy place and this is a very good, satirical description of it. A must read.
Published 4 months ago by Ivan Denkov
legend
frankie boyle isnt for everybody, it broke my girls heart to have to buy me this for xmas because she loathes the man, i love all that he does and this book was most eagerly... Read more
Published 4 months ago by sean paul mccann
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