'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'It's not enough to succeed. Friends must fail' Gore Vidal Nothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down. When it's directed at someone else. Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest shin-kicks and barbs in human history, spanning ancient Roman graffiti to social media spats, gleefully cherry-picks the finest work of such masters of scorn as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I and A.A. Gill. Together, they offer conclusive proof that verbal abuse can, at its finest, be an exquisite art form. 'He has not a single redeeming defect' Benjamin Disraeli on William Ewart Gladstone 'The little shit Parris, with his perma-smirk' Alastair Campbell, on the editor of this book
| ISBN: | 9781781257302 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2017 |
| Author: | Matthew Parris |
| Publisher: | Profile Books an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 426 pages |
| Genres: |
Slang and dialect humour Dialect, slang and jargon Gift Books |
'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'It's not enough to succeed. Friends must fail' Gore Vidal Nothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down. When it's directed at someone else. Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest shin-kicks and barbs in human history, spanning ancient Roman graffiti to social media spats, gleefully cherry-picks the finest work of such masters of scorn as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I and A.A. Gill. Together, they offer conclusive proof that verbal abuse can, at its finest, be an exquisite art form. 'He has not a single redeeming defect' Benjamin Disraeli on William Ewart Gladstone 'The little shit Parris, with his perma-smirk' Alastair Campbell, on the editor of this book
Scorn features in the following genres: Slang and dialect humour, Dialect, slang and jargon, Gift Books
Scorn is available in Paperback, Ebook
Scorn was written by Matthew Parris and published by Profile Books an imprint of Profile
Scorn has 426 pages
£11.69