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Crap at the Environment (Paperback)

by Mark Watson (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (19 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340952814
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340952818
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 91,173 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sunday Times

'[One of] the new green heroes.' --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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'[One of] the new green heroes.'

(Sunday Times on CRAP AT THE ENVIRONMENT )

'Despite his irrational fear of cycling and uselessness at crafts; he can write an accessible environmental book which is both informative and laugh out loud funny, or, if you  prefer, "funformative"' 

(The List )

'Unpretentious, informative and very, very funny. Buy it for all your friends, or buy one and share. Imagine all the tree you'll save!'

(Herald Sun, Australia )

'A quirky, irreverant take on the green lifestyle . . . an accessible antidote to the flood of more worthy environmental titles already available . . . in comical, self-deprecating style'

 

(Bookseller )

'Mark Watson comes across like a green St Paul to Al Gore's Jesus Christ'

 

(BBC List )

'funny, at times bizarre. . . full of nervous energy. . . amusing' (Sunday Express )

'A practical, often amusing, always insightful and pragmatic look at what individuals can do about global warming - worth reading!'

(Sydney Morning Herald, PICK OF THE WEEK )

'Expect to hear plenty more about him'

(Observer )

'Packed with brilliant observations and sharp one-liners'

 

(The Times on A Light-hearted Look at Murder )

'Intelligent, humane and desperately funny'

(Independent on Sunday )

'Woody Allen and William Boyd have had a bastard love-child and his name is Mark Watson'

 

(Stephen Fry )

'It prompts an appreciation of how much effort it's really going to take to make a difference, while poking your guilt.' (Metro )

'A year in the life of the hapless eco-warrior and gifted comedian crusading against his own environmental apathy. Even if he doesn't quite manage to save the world, he makes it a funnier one to be in.' ( The Times )
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Do I really have to give up Cheese? , 6 Aug 2008
By Mr. Andrew R. Hamilton "jack" (avon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crap at the Environment (Paperback)
Mark Watson might be preaching to the converted as far as I am concerned, being as I am already a green writer and campaigner. That aside I would have no trouble giving this book to my less than green friends or relatives.

Even I learnt a thing or two from this book, well to put it another way I was re-told a thing or two I had conveniently forgotten. Such as methane being 25 times more damaging than co2, making me drastically consider my cheese intake.

The book might not be as high energy as some of Watson's stand up but it is a bloody book. It is however funny, light hearted and has the feel of chatting in the park rather than being preached at.

If you are green and your mates are crap buy it for them but make sure that you read it first.




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4.0 out of 5 stars But rather good at writing funny things in a book, 6 April 2009
This review is from: Crap at the Environment (Paperback)
I've enjoyed Mark Watson's Radio 4 appearances over the last few years, and I'm always glad to see him pop up on the odd TV panel show, so I think it's fair enough to pin my colours to the mast at the offset and say that I opened the book as a fan. Thankfully, I also closed the book as a fan, and possibly even a bigger one.

Mark Watson's aim is that over the course of a year he'll learn more about the environment and mend his polluting ways. It's all set up rather nicely to be one of those themed comedy journals that have become so popular. You know the type; say yes to lots of people with the same name as you while travelling around with a fridge on your back. Many examples now seem to start with a zany premise that barely manages to raise the merest hint of a smile, and then flog it tirelessly while going nowhere. This book starts with a rather studious idea, but builds an interesting tale around it. On the comedy front it's a winner hands down. Watson is an undeniably likable fellow to follow around for a few hundred pages, and he frequently manages to be laugh out loud funny. It loses its way a little towards the end, but that is easily forgivable as it never becomes a chore.

The environmental points weave into the humorous tale of the author's green journey seamlessly. Such a stern message could easily jar against the tales of 24-hour comedy shows and railway adventures, but they never get too serious to become preachy, and, to my mind, didn't go too far to the other extreme and end up as flippant either. That said, it's not transformed me into an environmentalist either, but that was rather unlikely. However, I not only enjoyed the read, but I now think of it when someone offers me a plastic bag, so it must have worked on some level.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Shameless advertising for Al Gore, 22 Jul 2008
By A. Vaughan (Peterborough, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crap at the Environment (Paperback)
I had to check the cover of this book once or twice during the reading of it to make sure it wasn't actually written by Al Gore himself.
It contains shameless advertising for the man throughout and although it is actually written by a comedian it produces only a few laughs and barely goes further into the climate change debate than your typical columist in a local newspaper.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Making the world a little bit better one step at a time
One of the other reviewers on this site criticizes Mark Watson for not going deep enough into environmental issues in this book. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars No longer quite so........
I found this book blunderingly witty and disarmingly charming. It's a good call to arms for the novice environmentalist with a good few smiles and chuckles along the way. Read more
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