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The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes (Paperback)

by Jimmy Carr (Author), Lucy Greeves (Author)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Penguin (27 Sep 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0141025158
ISBN-13: 978-0141025155
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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London Lite, November 14, 2006
This entertaining little book will give you a better understanding of a joke's important place in the world.

David Baddiel, The Times Online, November 4, 2006
It's the best book about jokes ever...

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5.0 out of 5 stars A recipe for laughter, 29 Dec 2006

By	Mr. P. D. Mears (St Albans, Herts England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes (Hardcover)

Some people are better joke tellers than others. In a hilarious book Jimmy Carr explores the art of joke telling, why stand-up comedy appears to be a male dominated profession,taboos on joke telling (with examination of Jerry Springer the Opera, the career of Lenny Bruce and faith adherents' sensitivities towards jokes).

Each page is laced with the jokes that Jimmy and his co author decided were their personal favourites so this book is both a joke book and an academic insight into the mechanics of humour.

I couldn't put this down. See what you think.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant book: hilarious and fascinating, 21 Jan 2007

By	L. R. Hacker (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book is great. The Naked Jape is funny, interesting, and beautifully written. It made me laugh out loud and also think. It's full of jokes. It's full of interesting facts. Marvellous.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The only book about jokes you'll ever need, 11 Jun 2008

By	Mr. Stuart Bruce "DonQuibeats" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The quote from The Times on the back of the book is spot on: this book is four-fifths a book about the nature, history, and meaning of comedy, and one-fifth the only joke book you'll ever need.

A lot of the analysis in this book is very straight, and to make up for the fact that the main text, though very interesting, is not necessarily laugh-a-minute, they put a classic and relevant joke at the bottom of very page. Brilliantly thought out, witty, intelligent, and well worth reading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book.
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Not long now to the Book Release. This is one of the books i've been waiting for, for a while! Jimmy Carr is one the most OutStanding Stand Up comedians Britain has seen! Read more

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