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Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay
collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star
of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City. 'The
gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour. Now and
forever' DAVID SEDARIS 'She's inexhaustible - her personality, her
knowledge, her brilliance, most of all her humour' MARTIN SCORSESE
'The rare example of a legend living up to her own mythology. She
really is THAT funny' HADLEY FREEMAN Lebowitz turns her trademark
caustic wit to the vicissitudes of life - from children ('rarely in
the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money') to
landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an
adequate supply of roaches'). And her attitude to work is the
perfect antidote to our exhausting culture of self-betterment
('3.40pm. I consider getting out of bed. I reject the notion as
being unduly vigorous. I read and smoke a bit more').
Award-winning cartoonist Jerm's spot-on analysis and commentary
provide a highly entertaining way to digest the buffoonery of
politics in South Africa. No one, neither left nor right, in
government or opposition, can escape the acerbic observations of
this provocative artist. Jeremy Nell's work has appeared in several
online and offline publications, such as the Sunday Times, eNCA,
TIME, The Star, City Press, Beeld, The Times, Rolling Stone, Daily
Dispatch, Daily Maverick, The New Age, EWN and others.
A modern retelling of Aesop and Beatrix Potter's classic tale, this
version finds the Town Mouse sent to the country for moral
improvement after being excluded from school for dealing in class
'C' cheese. Meanwhile, the Country Mouse marches on London to
protest at the recent ban on stag beetle hunting.
From the fevered and alien parasite-infested mind of Reddit
D-Lister Top_Gorilla17 comes the first volume of his tales of scum,
villainy, and perhaps if you buy him enough slippery nipples, a bit
of ribaldry! Behold this whimsical and disturbing peek into the
psyche of the self-described Emperor of Iowa, and his many
adventures, most of which really happened! Bear literary witness to
the time he farted on a duly elected government official! Chortle
with rapturous glee as he recounts the time he broke all ten of the
commandments of the Hebrew God! Shift your weight uncomfortably as
you find out, quite against your will, precisely what he means by
the phrase 'Hot dogging'! So don't be caught in that airplane
lavatory reading yet another Dan Patterson novel, you weenie!
Instead, read the critically-ignored 'Top Gorilla's Tales Of Scum
And Villainy,' which Top_Gorilla's girlfriend was heard describing
as "Pretty good, I guess."
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Duck Light
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Gillian A Corsiatto; Edited by Jock MacKenzie; Illustrated by Alison Forsberg
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