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Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter
John O´farrell
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Description for Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter
Paperback. A personal account of a Labour supporter's miserable eighteen years under a Tory government. A literary debut which combines wit with barbed insight from the author who has been a full time comedy writer since the voters of Battersea sacked him from his previous job as an MP's researcher for the House of Commons. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. 8vo.Good copy
Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was something we would have to get used to.' Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government. It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in ... Read more
Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British people to f*** off at the same time. It was something we would have to get used to.' Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government. It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552998031
SKU
KEX0297052
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John O´farrell
John O'Farrell is the author of seven books. His first book, Things Can Only Get Better, was a number one bestseller and was dramatized for BBC Radio 4. The Best a Man Can Get was the bestselling debut novel of 2002. As well as being a bestselling author, John O'Farrell is a regular contributor to television and radio. For the ... Read more
Reviews for Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter
"'The funniest book I have read for two and a half years'"
Arthur Smith "'The whingeing memoirs of a snivelling leftie. The man should be shot'"
Jack Dee "'Very funny'"
Mail on Sunday
"'Excellent...Whatever your politics Things Can Only Get Better will make you laugh out loud'"
Angus Deayton "'Very funny'"
The Times
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Arthur Smith "'The whingeing memoirs of a snivelling leftie. The man should be shot'"
Jack Dee "'Very funny'"
Mail on Sunday
"'Excellent...Whatever your politics Things Can Only Get Better will make you laugh out loud'"
Angus Deayton "'Very funny'"
The Times
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