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Things Snowball (Paperback)

by Rich Hall (Author) "BACK WHEN I was a kid my grandfolks, who lived in Eastern Tennessee, owned and operated a small nuclear plant - nothing fancy, mind you,..." (more)

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Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Abacus (17 Oct 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0349115109
ISBN-13: 978-0349115108
Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 393,937 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Supremely talented, quick-witted, topical and charismatic' THE TIMES ** 'Unmissable' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ** 'Next to [Hall], all other comics seem one-dimensional' OBSERVER ** 'His rapid fire wit is so spontaneous he should leave his brain to science' GUARDIAN ** 'Comedy at its best, beautifully observed and fully realised' INDEPENDENT (review sheet with further quotes available)

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'Only marginally less threatening than it is funny. Ideal reading material for killing those long hours while being held hostage by enraged Montana militia-men'

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BACK WHEN I was a kid my grandfolks, who lived in Eastern Tennessee, owned and operated a small nuclear plant - nothing fancy, mind you, just a little 'mom and pop'-type operation, featuring one of those old-fashioned uranium-rod reactors you hardly see anymore and a little cooling-tower, which Granpa painted a cheery blue and yellow. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Check out those meat hats., 19 Feb 2003

By	D. Griffiths (Wales) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This collection of bizarre, surreal, satirical, but more importantly very funny short stories and anecdotes is the funniest thing I've read for a long while. Rich Hall's wry humour touches on subjects such as Neil Diamonds love for hard hats, his grandparents nuclear power plant, london estate agents, and a brilliant satirical spoof of Andy McNab featuring references to Dubya and his fight against the Axis of Easy Listening.

There are approximately forty of these quips on offer in 'Things Snowball', most being under five pages long, which as much as anything makes it an easily digestible read. Very much worth checking out.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Well written, pretty funny, 5 Sep 2003

By	Nigel Collier (Newcastle upon Tyne) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

"Good word using" was how Jonathan Ross summed up Rich Hall's book when he had him on his radio show, generously allowing him to use that quote on future prints. And the book does have 'good word using'.

It's a collection of completely disparate short stories written in various styles. Hall is an extremely accomplished and stylish writer, with superb, economical use of language and imagery. He reminded me at one minute like Harry Hill: latching onto a surreal concept and taking it to it's most illogical conclusion, and at another like a trailer trash US version of John Shuttleworth finding joy in the most mundane daily irrelevance.

There's nothing really linking the stories together - they all come out of left-field - but through them he pokes observational fun at the Brits (especially Aberdeen) but reserves his most cutting humour for his fellow countrymen...like Michael Moore but funny and disarming. The stories are witty, whimsical and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.

It's a book you will dip into and have a meaningless 10 minutes of fun from time to time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nightmare Journey into the American Dream. Like, 21 Dec 2003

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A very, very funny book. Most of it you can really relate to (estate agents, suburban boredom and nuclear powerstation operation) other things you can only dream of (drinking in Utah).
I've seen a little of his humour before on TV, but felt I'd give it a bash after reading most of it in the book store. It was definitely worth it. The bite size stories are off centre with a slant that will make you think whilst you imbibe.

Oh, and his review of Aberdeen is spot on. Like.

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4.0 out of 5 stars How is this man not more famous
I actually got funny looks on the train to work reading this as I was genuinely crying with laughter!

Absolute genius - more please. And do some stand up in the UK!!

Published 13 months ago by Ms. K. Booth

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as consistently funny as expected.
I'm a fan of Hall's humour and I could hear his voice as I read the stories. The chapters can be hit or miss, but overall the book is funny with some perceptive comments about... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Lovetoread

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Genius
Can't believe this book doesn't have an overall five star rating yet. There is no book I have ever encountered that I know I can return to with confidence knowing... Read more

Published on 22 Nov 2005 by D. A. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this for real?
This book was not what I was expecting. I wasn't expecting to see short stories, and it was a couple of essays in before I got my head around the fact that they might not all be... Read more

Published on 27 Jun 2005 by A. Marczak

4.0 out of 5 stars This book scratched my itch.
So few humor books do that nowadays. That's why I ordered Mr. Hall's hilarious opus about what things do. All the way from England, where he insists upon living now. Read more

Published on 16 Sep 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm kind of pants
Well this book is made of short stories and comic monologues. To be honest not even a handful of the stories made me laugh and I found that the author was just trying too hard to... Read more

Published on 12 Feb 2003 by bungle1276

3.0 out of 5 stars Take the rough with the smooth
Pretty hard to give this one a rating.

Some of the pieces in this book are short stories. The rest are comedic monologues very much in the mould of Rich's stage act. Read more

Published on 3 Feb 2003 by doublegone

5.0 out of 5 stars Toilet Humour
This is the finest toilet humour I have ever read. Not toilet humour in the traditional sense but humour that is ideal to read on the toilet. Read more

Published on 6 Jan 2003 by G. Ambler

4.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre, beligerent, laugh-out-loud funny
There are parts of 'Things Snowball' that will have you laughing your head off on the Tube. There are other parts which really make you question the way you live your life. Read more

Published on 20 Nov 2002 by conor74

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Thurber
When I was young, I thought James Thurber was the funniest writer I had ever read. Now at last I have found a worthy successor - in fact some-one even funnier. Read more

Published on 2 Nov 2002

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