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Carregando... Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Lifede David Mitchell
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Laugh out loud funny and densely well-informed. 7 years since it came out but still seems up to the minute. First book his I've read, having already established him as a favourite on TV. Shall read more. ( ) Drawn from his column in the Observer each week, this collection of articles is diverse and wide ranging. No subject is too big or trivial for Mitchell to consider, from smoking to politics, the nuclear question to chocolate flavoured toothpaste and swearing to Downton Abbey. He asks questions that others won’t like, why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? And why are people so obsessed with bin collections? He is not afraid to be controversial too. He agrees with the judge who called a burglar brave, has a liberated view about swearing and bemoans that total lack of common sense that seems to prevail most of the time. Even though I get the Observer every week, I have only occasionally read his column in the paper, and I have heard him often on Radio 4 on various panel games, and he can be very funny. Whilst this book raised a few chuckles, there were no laugh out loud moments. I do like his attitude though, even if he can be a bit of a curmudgeon at times, and he has a refreshingly blunt point of view. Worth reading I think, and I will now be following his column each week in the paper. Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com It's a collection of columns previously published in The Observer, but as I don't live in the UK and therefore have not been in contact with said paper, all was new for me. This was the first I actually read by David Mitchell (not to be confused with the author of Cloud Atlas, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and more recently The Bone Clocks). I've seen/listened to him on a number of BBC shows though. And liked it. If you did as well, I think you'll enjoy the book too. Some columns seemed a bit old to still be published (from 2009 if I remember correctly) and there were quite a few that focused on things I hadn't even heard about on the news, but some introduction is usually given. I especially liked the - perfect for the holidays - column on his parents' Christmas cards policy. It reminds me of home. Two strikes and you're out... Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING BOOK BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED COMIC WRITERS **Pre-order now: David Mitchell's new book Dishonesty is the Second-best Policy** There are many aspects of modern life that trouble award-winning comedian David Mitchell, such as: Why is every film or TV programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it ok? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? Join Mitchell on a tour of the absurdities of our times - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hotdogs made of cats. Funny, provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious modern world. 'Mitchell is an exceptionally clever, eloquent and spot-on commentator. We should be grateful for him.' Daily Mail, Books of the Year Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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