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Magnificent Bastards

Rich Hall

Magnificent Bastards

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ISBN:
9780349119656

Abacus

An Abacus title

Comic genius Rich Hall introduces a series of magnificent bastards and lost souls in this hilarious collection of tall tales.

Meet the man who vacuums bewildered prairie dogs out of their burrows; a frustrated werewolf who roams the streets of Soho getting mistaken for Brian Blessed; a smug carbon-neutral eco-couple; a teenage girl who invites 45,000 MySpace friends to a house party; the author of a business book entitled Highly Successful Secrets to Standing on a Corner Holding Up a Golf Sale Sign and a man whose attempts to teach softball to a group of indolent British advertising executives sparks an international crisis.

Reviews

Praise for Rich Hall's previous books:

  • 'Written with a cool eye and a warm heart, Hall's book is terrific comedy, and much more' SUNDAY TIMES 'An entertaining read, full of tall tales from the dark corner of the trailer park' THE TIMES
  • 'Highly entertaining … poised somewhere between the classic prose efforts of Woody Allen and the more measured eye of David Sedaris' INDEPENDENT
  • 'Wise, witty and strangely true' GUARDIAN

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Published 02/07/2009