The title suggests this is a dipping in to book to send you off to bed but there are so many interesting facts and stories inside you are in danger of being up all night. The synopsis gives you a good idea of what to expect in this fascinating, amusing and useful book.

Synopsis

Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and The Guns of Navarone too long? In that case A Gentleman's Bedside Book is perfectly designed to satisfy those final moments of the days with facts, stories, ideas and instructions that will help every bright boy to become a smarter man with a well rounded curriculum of lessons in Science, English, Home Economics, R.E, Modern Languages, P.E, Art, Music and Woodwork. This is a lucky dip of bedside derring-do, humour, and oddity, written in his unique style by best-selling humourist Tom Cutler. It is constantly surprising, ridiculously fascinating, and very, very funny. It includes such entries as: human anatomy for the practical man; the most frequent dream subjects; delicious caustic curries you can make; emergency meals from nowhere; shaving - top tips from the pros; deerstalkers and why they matter; and, how to grow a dashing moustache. This title also includes entries such as: how to open a Champagne bottle with a sword; Samuel Pepys - the rude bits; best ever book titles; tongue twisters; those you may not marry, from The Book of Common Prayer ; the worst ever movie dialogue; useful foreign chat-up lines; an international swearing dictionary; filthy foreign food; historic dumb predictions; the history of concrete; dad rock; coming out on top in a pub brawl; how to dissolve your wife; mental arithmetic tricks for the practical man - ten tricks; famous car crashes and victims; the seven habits of the highly effective Lothario; really bad chat-up lines; best urban legends - a list; sword swallowing for fun and profit; how to develop a gigantic memory; and, mind blowing mind reading for the complete novice.

About the Author

The son a sex therapist and a sometime Dominican friar, Tom Cutler began his professional career with a number of false starts as a teacher, set designer, doublebass player, speechwriter, printer, toyshop mangager, lyricist, wine waiter, City consultant, puppet maker, typographer, magazine editor, bandleader, portrait painter, radio reporter, cartoonist, and ghost writer for Cardinal Hume. Tom has written two acclaimed song books for children and his original ditty 'Pigs on Holiday' has been performed live, with actions, by Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein. He has written a number of comedy books including 211 Things a Bright Girl/Boy Can Do. More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation