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Beschreibung

'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.'
Camilla Long on Nigel Farage

'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). Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest and most cutting insults in history contains extended literary invective and short verbal shin-kicks, spanning the worlds of art, politics, showbiz, marriage, literature , and taking us on a boisterous journey from ancient Roman graffiti to Twitters battles.

Whether you're looking for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer, Scorn draws on masters such as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth 1, Winston Churchill, Princess Anne and Alastair Campbell to show that abuse can be an exquisite art form.

'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.'
Camilla Long on Nigel Farage

'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). Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest and most cutting insults in history contains extended literary invective and short verbal shin-kicks, spanning the worlds of art, politics, showbiz, marriage, literature , and taking us on a boisterous journey from ancient Roman graffiti to Twitters battles.

Whether you're looking for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer, Scorn draws on masters such as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth 1, Winston Churchill, Princess Anne and Alastair Campbell to show that abuse can be an exquisite art form.

Über den Autor
Matthew Parris worked for the Foreign Office before serving as an MP. He now writes as a columnist for The Times and the Spectator, and in 2011 won the Best Columnist award at the British Press Awards. He is the author of several books, including his autobiography Chance Witness and the bestselling The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Humor, Comics & Cartoons
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781781257302
ISBN-10: 1781257302
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Parris, Matthew
Hersteller: Ips - Profile Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 197 x 128 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Matthew Parris
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2018
Gewicht: 0,358 kg
Artikel-ID: 110006792

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