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Simon Hoggart (Author), Emily Monk (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books; New edition edition (14 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843545721
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843545729
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'Hilarious' Daily Mail 'I would love to do a gap year so I could contribute to this hilarious and terrifying book' Sandi Toksvig"

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The e-mail home is an essential part of every gap-year back-packers journey. Where once the news of narrowly surviving a bus crash on the dirt-roads of India, waking up to gunfire in Honduras or fending off marriage proposals from complete strangers would have would have made it home only on the back of a slow-moving battered postcard, these days those tantalising details and terrible mistakes are now recorded immediately and distributed liberally for every friend and family member to wince at. In "Don't Tell Mum", Simon Hoggart and Emily Monk have collected together the funniest, most surreal, most alarming gap-year e-mails into a treasure-trove of correspondence. Accompanied by their wicked commentary, "Don't Tell Mum" gives the aspiring traveller the low-down on what not to do when trotting the globe.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent couple of hours read..., 9 Jan 2007
By HenvY (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers (Hardcover)
This book, although really only a collection of e-mails, provides some good laughs and a rather interesting read, if a very short one at that...

My only problem with this is book is that really it seems to be mostly a copy and paste job - there is a foreword and a couple of lines introducing each email, with a couple of pages of gap year e-mailing 'guidelines' at the back which are really only common sense. Although there is some funny content here, it's nothing too memorable or overly hilarious. Unfortunately there also seem to be a bit of filler here(amazing for such a small book!) e-mails which are neither interesting nor funny, remarkable nor extraordinary. It's almost as though this was prepared in a rush or published before they had enough content to make it the fantastic book it had the potential to be - it's a shame.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure on every page, 1 Nov 2006
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This review is from: Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers (Hardcover)
This wonderful book takes you on some incredible journeys, often hilarious, sometimes very moving. The E mails are invigorating and full of energy and humour and they make you want to rush out with a backpack and have some of these extraordinary experiences for yourself. Not to be missed by anyone who loves an adventure. At the same time I found the book thought provoking as it allows you to visit a multitude of places in the company of the gappers who are are seeing the world with fresh eyes.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Must-Have, 8 Nov 2006
This review is from: Don't Tell Mum: Hair-raising Messages Home from Gap-year Travellers (Hardcover)
Honestly, this is one of the funniest and unique books I have bought this year.
Hoggart and his new accomplice are witty and cynical, bringing this collection of genuine and terrifying emails to life.
Perfect present for anyone who likes a laugh-out-loud easy read.
You really should buy this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I laughed alot!
It is a really good book full of very funny experiences people have 'supposedly' had, whether they had or not, it was an extremely enjoyable book :)
Published 2 months ago by Ms. I. R. Morgan

2.0 out of 5 stars not so funny
After reading the reivews here i was very excited by this book HOWEVER i didnt read it all as i didnt find it that funny and it wasnt enough to keep me wanting to read further... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Marie Judd

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrifyingly hilarious!
As a parent of 2 backpacking teenagers I probably shouldnt have read this while they were away! I have a few emails myself which would have been right at home included in this... Read more
Published 15 months ago by jkennedy

5.0 out of 5 stars best book in the whole wide world
this was the best book i have ever read. utterly thrilling, exciting, interesting and highly informative. what a fantastic christmas present.... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2006 by Ms. Ak Louth

5.0 out of 5 stars TOP OF THE LIST OF THINGS TO BUY THIS XMAS
seriously. grandparents, cousins, siblings- this is my number one choice of present for you this christmas!!! Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2006 by claz meaks

5.0 out of 5 stars seriously funny
I am a fan of Simon Hoggart's and this is his funniest book yet. He has teamed up with a very witty 'gapper' and they have put together a selection of marvellously varied funny... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2006 by pale rider

5.0 out of 5 stars WWOOWW!!
A highly amusing read for any traveller, I was pining for more stories at the end! I hope there will be a Don't Tell MUM 2.
Published on 29 Oct 2006 by Kiffa

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