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'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'You're as ugly as a salad.' Bulgarian insult 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' Muhammed Ali There's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form. This collection includes extended literary invective as well as short verbal shin-kicks. Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, Matthew Parris's sublime collection is the perfect companion for the festive season, whether you're searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer.
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The ideal stocking-filler - miniature in size and big on malevolence (Francis Wheen Mail on Sunday)
The clearest pen and the most fastidious sense of quality (Alan Clark The Times)
A beautiful collection of insults down the ages. Parris has a feel for language, a sense of history and a wonderful wit (Books of the Year Scotland on Sunday)
[A] glorious compendium of spite. (Daily Mail)
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The clearest pen and the most fastidious sense of quality (Alan Clark The Times)
A beautiful collection of insults down the ages. Parris has a feel for language, a sense of history and a wonderful wit (Books of the Year Scotland on Sunday)
[A] glorious compendium of spite. (Daily Mail)
A totally up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history
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- EditoreProfile Books
- Data di pubblicazione2016
- ISBN 10 1781257299
- ISBN 13 9781781257296
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine432
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SCORN : The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History
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Profile Books, London
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ISBN 10: 1781257299
ISBN 13: 9781781257296
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Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. This new unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The price clipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. 'Authors are easy to get on with - if you're fond of children.' Michael Joseph, publisher 'May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits' Arab curse 'I married beneath me - all women do.' Nancy Asquith 'Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.' Albert Einstein 'Your blistered crotch!' Insult from the Marquesas Islands There's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. So here is a selection of the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Boris Johnson, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form, and this collection includes extended literary invective as well as short verbal shin-kicks. Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, Matthew Parris's sublime collection is the perfect companion for the festive season, whether you're searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer. Ref NNN 6. Codice articolo 015623
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