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Billy's Log (Paperback)
by Dougie Brimson (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 36 customer reviews (36 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (5 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747263868
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747263869
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars (36 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 371,149 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Product Description
Book Description
Men Behaving Badly meets Nick Hornby in a hilarious look at male inadequacy.

Synopsis
The hilarious diary of one man's struggle with life, lager and the female race.

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36 Reviews
5 star: 80%  (29)
4 star: 13%  (5)
3 star:    (0)
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1 star: 5%  (2)
 
 
 
 
 
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The lad's Bridget Jones has arrived!, 30 Sep 2000
By A Customer
I cannot even begin to work out where to start with this book because everything in it is so spot on. It is brilliantly written, brilliantly observed and also happens to be one of the funniest books I have ever read. It's been said before, but in this case, it really is true. In Billy's Log, we males finally have our very own version of Bridget Jones Diary. And it deserves to do equally as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A treat, 21 Jan 2003
By A Customer
Although familiar with his non-fictional work, this was the first of the authors fictional books I have read and I've obviously been missing out! To be honest, I still find it slightly bizarre that an author who is more famous for writing about such an in-your-face topic as football violence can deliver a book which is both very funny and in parts, quite emotionally charged. If anything, it shows that the writer has a genuine talent because Billy's Log is a real treat and was a delight to read.

If he would deliver more of this type of work and less of the hoolie-lit, it would surely only be a matter of time before he broke out of the 'yob' mould and into the mainstream.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Billy-licious!, 3 Oct 2002
By A Customer
So close to the mark it's scary, this book is a brilliantly observed and wickedly funny. In particular, Billy's work place nightmares and his developing relationship with Emma are quite simply faultless and reminded me very much of the BBC series 'The Office'.

Having read and ejoyed all of Mike Gayles books in the past, I have to say that this knocks spots off them if only because it is far easier to identify with the central characters and their day to day struggles.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Even better second time
Just finished reading Billy's Log for the second time and wanted to say how cool it is. I couldn't stop chuckling as it describes Billy's hillarious typical... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2006 by gingerboy5

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss Out
Yet another diary book, oh no was my first reaction, why did I not notice when I went to buy it?. Oh god this is so so hilarious was my second after page Two! Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2004 by A. Nicholls

1.0 out of 5 stars Against the grain ?
Well, sorry, though I am a normal "hot-blooded" London male in my thirties I found this book unreal, naive, utterly repetitive and patronising and rather than make me laugh I... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2003 by Mr. S. P. Mccarthy

5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely anjoyable stuff!
I approached this book thinking that it would be another slant on lad-lit but instead, what I found was a story that took what is basically a chic-lit plot and turned it on its... Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BED TIME READING
I say Billy's Log is great bed time reading because i found that when i had difficulty getting to sleep just reading a few pages of the book would send me sound to sleep. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2001 by christian_cork@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars A real lads book, excellent!
I read the first 100 pages in one night, a real lads book, I could not stop laughing the whole way through. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2001 by k.griggs@blueyonder.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridget who?
This is an absolutely superb tale of modern man. From the insecurities of work to the loneliness of the single mans flat, this book captures everything right down to the last... Read more
Published on 20 April 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Why the heck.....
hasn't anyone picked up on this book yet? It's brilliant! More importantly, it's not a book about the more usual self-obsessed media/advertising/gay types struggling to come to... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars LAD-TASTIC!
Brilliant read, full of laughs and guaranteed to make most lads feel better about themselves. That is unless you really are as sad as this bloke! Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A future classic.
This book is simply the most humorous portrayal of the male psychosis since "High Fidelity."

As males, it is a prominent feature in all our lives -whether married, in... Read more

Published on 19 Jan 2001

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