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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (7 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718145798
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718145798
  • Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 20.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,033 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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How to crack a safe, escape from Alcatraz, get the girl and live the action hero's life. This handbook comes from the creators of The Worst Case Scenario Handbook. The book of the internet phenomenon www.framley.co.uk - a spoof of a local newspaper which quickly became a favourite when it appeared online last year.

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When the outraged headline cries "Cycle Lane Not Even as Long as Small Cycle" you know something's not quite right. Welcome to Framley. Like a whimsical, silly step-child of the League of Gentlemen and TV Come Home this brilliant spoof of a local newspaper quickly became a favourite when it appeared online last year. The book of the website of the newspaper, this is set to be a classic.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars blimey this is funny, 16 Jun 2003
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it's not just mr hollyhock. it's vince, the dodgy dealer, and the 'turn your memories into crisps' company, and the teletubby immigrants, and framley zabadak, and 'lesbians demand footbridge,' and the annual race against time, and the school orchestra being so loud the trumpeter's ears bleed, and the kitten in a bottle stall at the fete...

this is a skyscraper of towering nonsense, and endangeringly good.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't find this funny..., 14 Nov 2002
By Mr. M. J. Pailing "Marcus Pailing" (Orpington, Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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I was introduced to the online version of the Framley Examiner a few months ago and I was hooked immediately. The humour might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it has had me giggling ever since. It is a superb skit on the parochial nature of local newspapers - although if you were to read my parents' parish magazine you might be gulled into thinking the Framley Examiner isn't a spoof at all!

Look out especially for the classified ads from Mr Hollyhock - a work of genius...

I strongly suggest you buy it (and read it, obviously).

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A level of genius rarely seen, 31 Oct 2003
By Peter Crane (Wolverhampton) - See all my reviews
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Framley is a place you know you might have driven through - and been slightly relieved not to have stopped. Genteel yet subsersive, decent yet demented, the cluster of villages combed by the Framley Examiner throws up some superb character observations and brilliantly written journalise by the frustrated tabloid wannabe cub reporters that grace the pages. Although the newer pages are not quite as sharp as earlier releases (Please let's not go near the old Punch cliche!) the whole concept behind the Framley Examiner insults everyone who lives in small market towns and villages, along with a pointed two-fingers at local news, and yet hurts no-one in the process. Think of League of Gentleman, think of Viz at its very best and you are getting close to this book, but you will still be surprised at just how good cutting-edge humour is at the moment. It's a delicious schoolboy prank the likes of which is rarely experienced. Buy it, read slowwwwwly, and prepare to giggle like the teenager you really are.
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