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Not Many Dead: Sensational Pieces of Non-news from the Pages of the Oldie
Aurum Press
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Description for Not Many Dead: Sensational Pieces of Non-news from the Pages of the Oldie
Hardback. Clean copy in clean dustwrapper
Not Many Dead is a hilarious compendium of stunning and earth-shattering pieces of genuine non-news. It is quite remarkable how often even national newspapers feel obliged to pass on the most boring and banal information about nothing significant. Sometimes, it is the endless diet of news about celebrities, in which the minutest fact is deemed worthy of interest. Sometimes - as in the theft of two packets of peanuts from a building site in Dewsbury - the news item says something about the prevalence of crime in sleepy areas. And sometimes, as in the BBC website's revelation that ... Read more
Not Many Dead is a hilarious compendium of stunning and earth-shattering pieces of genuine non-news. It is quite remarkable how often even national newspapers feel obliged to pass on the most boring and banal information about nothing significant. Sometimes, it is the endless diet of news about celebrities, in which the minutest fact is deemed worthy of interest. Sometimes - as in the theft of two packets of peanuts from a building site in Dewsbury - the news item says something about the prevalence of crime in sleepy areas. And sometimes, as in the BBC website's revelation that ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Aurum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845131975
SKU
KEX0233319
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Not Many Dead: Sensational Pieces of Non-news from the Pages of the Oldie
'Fiona Bruce, the BBC Ten O'Clock News presenter, read the headlines last night assisted by a pair of glasses for the first time' - Daily Telegraph 'Worker, 58, cuts finger' - East Grinstead Courier 'On a recent visit to the Lake District Prince william opened the door to a newspaper shop for two friends who wanted to buy lottery tickets' ... Read more