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Daft Wee Stories Hardcover – 30 July 2015

by Limmy (Author)

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DAFT WEE STORIES is Limmy’s first book.

It is a collection of stories.

There are short stories.

There are longer stories.

There are stupid stories.

There are thoughtful stories.

There are upside-down stories.

There are normal-way-up stories.

There are weird stories.

There are less weird stories.

There are really weird stories.

There is nothing else like it.

Have a read.

Print length

368 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Century
Publication date

30 July 2015
Dimensions

13.34 x 3.3 x 21.59 cm
ISBN-10

1780893752
ISBN-13

978-1780893754
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Daft Wee Stories will sate Limmy's existing fans and proves once again that his wickedly anarchic sensibility moves effortlessly between media. ― Chortle

Disturbing yet very, very funny, it's a shocking, scathing delight. ― The Sun

So good they'll make you snot yourself laughing. ― Scotland on Sunday

The comedy book of the year. ― Time Out

The tales he treats us to are indeed both daft and wee; happily, they’re funny, peculiar and original, too. ― Guardian

About the Author

Brian Limond (Author)
Brian Limond is an actor, writer and comedian, known for Limmy's Show! (2009), Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (2013) and The IT Crowd (2006).

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Century (30 July 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1780893752
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1780893754
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 3.3 x 21.59 cm

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Dr. Michael Heron

I especially liked the backstory about his mate Rennie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2015

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Well, there's no false advertising here - Daft Wee Stories are what you're promised, and Daft Wee Stories are what you get. They're all pretty engagingly written, with a light touch and just bags of Scottish charm and Glasgae patter. Some of the stories really show that Limmy has a gift for narrative[1] that the form really doesn't let him fully express - some stories have dark, sinister overtones that suggest if he put his mind to it he could scare the bejeesus out of you with some first rate horror writing. Many of the stories are farcical, but farcical in the way that the best kinds of stories are - an escalation via small, sensible steps into something wild and bizarre. There's a beautiful merging of the sublime and the mundane in some of the tales - they're like little moralistic vignettes that capture the protagonists at their worst, or at their most mundane. Many of the stories embody a loss of control, where our rules of every day social etiquette break down.

Having said all of that, there is something a little insubstantial in most of the stories, and the twists (which are well executed) lose something by being somewhat predictable after you've gone through half the book. They never lose their charm, but the impact is sometimes a little dissipated by expectation.

Very much recommended, and I'll certainly be keen to sample more of his stories in the future.
[1] There you go, big man.

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Steven P

Limmy, delivering exactly what he promises on the cover!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2016

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I have to declare a slight bias at the start. I was already a big fan of Limmy. I’d been following his work on the internet for years, then was delighted with his TV show. I tried introducing my wife to it, but she just didn’t ‘get’ it.

It’s fair to say Limmy is a polarising taste, and I fall firmly on the side of ‘fan’.

I bought this for reading on the plane when I was going on holiday last year. I wish I hadn’t, as it lt had me laughing out loud (yes, literally) at times. This attracted digs in the ribs from my wife, and concerned looks from my fellow passengers.

This book delivers exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a collection of stories and ‘thoughts’ which are ‘wee’ (some are very wee, others a bit longer), and they are definitely daft. The irreverence of Limmy’s humour definitely comes across in this. There are some which continue for several pages with deadpan earnestness, only to tear it all down in the final well-earned punchline. It’s hard not to read this in your head in Limmy’s voice. If anything that helps with the ‘delivery’!

I’m not sure if I would recommend this to someone who hasn’t seen his work before. You might ‘get’ it, but without his unique delivery, there is a big chunk missing. I think it’s best taken after a few taster sessions of his massive online body of work. If you like even one or two of the vines he has created, you’re likely to enjoy this book!

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Neil Durnin

Some good some not so good daft wee stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2021

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It's exactly as the title states. A collection of wee stories. Most, thankfully will make you chuckle. Some are laugh-out-loud funny and some, thankfully not many, will miss the mark. Really liked it. It might have subtitled "a wee look inside Limmy's wee head, when he's not streaming Truck Simulator or House Flipper on his wee computer" .

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Douglas Wood

Perhaps almost as good as it thinks it is

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2015

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It would seem that, of the 27 previous reviewers, 25 were ecstatic, 1 was thoroughly disappointed and 1 appeared to be reviewing the wrong book.
Now it's my turn.
This is a collection of mostly quite competent, very short stories. They are off-beat, though not as weird as some I have read (which you may take as a compliment); there is a nod to Scots dialect, but nothing that will give the English reader any difficulty, even if, like most Englishmen and women, you think that "ilk" means "type" or "kind"; and overall the quality is, in my opinion, pretty variable. It won't take you long to read, you may feel not long enough at the price, but it is a very nicely presented hardback.
So I do recommend it. But 5 stars---I'm afraid not!

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Ross

In others Limmy somehow has his character work through the logic of a stupid decision and somehow convince themselves to make that stupid ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2018

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I think there's something wrong with Limmy. Such a troubled mind. How he comes up with the stories contained here is mind-boggling.
This is a collection of short stories, all of which are less than a 10 minute read. All of them are very odd. Some are hilarious, some are interesting, others just truly bizarre. A number of the stories seem to be going nowhere and then just totally twist in the last few words. In others Limmy somehow has his character work through the logic of a stupid decision and somehow convince themselves to make that stupid decision
This collection is a good read, but don't expect it to be laugh out loud funny. This isn't your Michael Macintyre autobiography, it is a collection of daft wee stories, generally showing people getting themselves into weird situations or doing stupid things.

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TC

Hilarious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2023

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Limmy is pure comedy and his stories are off their heads!

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Paul rea

fantastic and fun read got my laughing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2019

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as i sit here quaffing old speckled hen out of a fancy looking beer chalice i am tittering at the fun stories.. book cost me a pound i can't complain. limmy has a real talent for the short story . i had seen him on his show . i used to watch it on my laptop in bed. when i wanted fun but not so funny as to disrupt my attempts at sleeping . i will definitely check out his other books too. i promise.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2021

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The stories are okay. They're fine. They tell a story about a person or whatever, but it's desperately lacking that quality that makes it feel like a treasure and a gift.

I find it difficult to find myself immersed in the world in which the story is set, or to care about the characters. Most of these stories (though there are a few exceptions) lack depth.

As I said, they're not bad, they're just fine. Good, but nothing more.

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