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12/8/2018 0 Comments

Review (NSFW): Jonathan Pie: Off the Record

 Jonathan Pie: Off the Record
by Jonathan Pie, Tom Walker, and Arthur Doyle

Genre: Political Satire  
Page Length: 158 Pages  
Publication Date: 5 October 2017
Publisher: Amazon

Stars:  5 out of 5

Link: AMAZON (UK)

ABOUT JONATHAN PIE: OFF THE RECORD
 
Want to know more about history and politics? Then you should probably go find a proper book. Fancy a laugh at some smutty jokes? Then go read Viz. But if you fancy a combination of the two, this is the book for you.
 
In Off The Record, bitter and twisted leftie news reporter Jonathan Pie picks ten of the world's worst wankers and tears them apart. Here you'll find the answers to some difficult questions. Was Blair just a Tory in disguise? Did Cameron really have sexual relations with that pig? Just how the fuck did we end up with President Donald Trump?
 
It's the ultimate guide to political arseholery. With extra swearing.

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My Review:

Before I start, if you're not aware of Jonathan Pie – he's a very shouty, sweary, ranty man:
 
And the book is very much in the same vein of shouty, sweary, ranty, and downright pissed off view from the aforementioned Mr Pie. If the YouTube clip causes a reaction similar to nails being scrapped down a blackboard – then this probably isn't for you.  However, if you want political revue, past and present, served in a bowl of vitriol with a side comedic ire – then I can wholeheartedly recommend Jonathon Pie: Off the Record.
 
Mr Pie pulls no punches in this short and fast read. Tackled in ten chapters, perfect to dip in and out of, Mr Pie's contemptuous case studies include: Henry VIII, Adolf Hitler, David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch (real name: Keith), Tony Blair, and Teresa May.
 
Very funny - if you can handle, and even enjoy - the shouty and sweary delivery.
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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24/7/2018 0 Comments

Review: How Not To Be a Boy

How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb
 
Genre: Autobiography
Page Length: 337 Pages
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
Publisher: Canongate Books
 
Stars:  5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)

 
ABOUT HOW NOT TO BE A BOY
 
RULES FOR BEING A MAN
Don't Cry;
Love Sport;
Play Rough;
Drink Beer;
 Don't Talk About Feelings
 
But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules actually any use? To anyone?
 
Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell), and from losing his beloved mother to becoming a husband and father, Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys and men have thrust upon them at every stage of life.
 
Hilarious and heartbreaking, How Not To Be a Boy explores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man, the lessons we learn as sons and daughters, and the understanding that sometimes you aren't the Luke Skywalker of your life - you're actually Darth Vader.
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My Review:

I don't read many autobiographies and I'm reminded of a quote from PD James “All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction.”
 
I enjoy Robert Webb's work on television and an ardent fan of everything Mitchell & Webb. I was interested in reading this book but not chomping at the bit. As I started it a few months ago, and then got distracted with something else and only just returned to it having forgotten what I had read and had to start from the beginning again. 
 
This book is so gorgeous, it's raw and honest, and warm and sweet, and it goes without saying – funny, but it's deeper than that – it's as if we're allowed into his inner neurosis, the small voice we keep hidden from others, helped along through excruciating teenage diary entries.  
 
There is a feeling that the young Robert Webb that is portrayed is genuine. It is also such a brilliant account of how confusing it must be to be a modern man with expectations of such dense masculinity.
 
I am in awe of his writing and wonder if there is a budding novelist in Webb about to be unleashed – something I would heartily welcome.
 
And it's changed my mind about reading autobiographies.
 
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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11/5/2018 0 Comments

Review: The Unbelievable Truth (Series 15)

The Unbelievable Truth by Jon Naismith & Graeme Garden
Narrated by: David Mitchell
Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 11 January 2018 
Publisher: Random Entertainment

Stars: 5 out of 5
 

Link: Audible (UK)

ABOUT THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH 
 
David Mitchell hosts the hilarious panel show which turns honest men into lying cheats. In this devious and delightfully funny competition, four comedians have the audacity to lie through their teeth for victory.  They compete against each other with lies, untruths and dishonesty. Tall tales, white lies, blatant bluffs and misdirection rule. Can they smuggle the truth past each other or will they be caught in the act of lying? Listen in, play along and try to separate fact from fiction in the ultimate lying game.
 
The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
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My Review:

ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!!
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A dream of a comedy show, to the point that fellow commuters on public transport have given me the side-eye when I've repeatedly laughed out loud.

David Mitchell is a brilliant host, and the comedians' essays of lies are works of genius. My favourite episodes of this series were the ones when David Mitchell was joined by four female comedians - Sarah Millican, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Holly Walsh and Katherine Ryan, lying about princesses, diets, sauce, and paper. A special mention goes to Victoria Coren Mitchell - the interactions between husband and wife were entertaining and delightful to behear.  

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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