And What’s Your Excuse Today, Sir? - A Selection of PS Columns from Die Burger, 2015-2018 (Paperback)

For nearly 50 years John Scott has subjected the South African scene to his unique brand of genial satire and throw-away humour. This selection is his latest, in which he pokes relentless fun at our pocket-filling politicians, but is gentler with other human foibles such as the Springboks’ inability to beat the Japanese, the churches’ struggle to put bums on pews, teacher truancy, a co-pilot’s failure to pass his breathalyser test, how to understand a Spanish-speaking locomo-tive, and whether to save school kids from that arch-colonialist, Shakespeare.

He describes how he personally watched Pik Botha disappear behind a curtain one night with an air hostess, tried to persuade a still bashful Dr Christiaan Barnard to have his photograph taken, was challenged by Athol Fugard to a typing contest and, in one of his few serious moments, had an overwhelming encounter with Mother Teresa.

General

Imprint:	Generic
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	November 2017
Authors:	John Scott
Illustrators:	Tony Grogan
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	150
ISBN-13:	978-0-639-91113-7
Languages:	English
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Humour collections & anthologies Promotions
LSN:	0-639-91113-7
Barcode:	9780639911137

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