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The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures Book
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Anyone can be a success but it takes real and original genius to foul up big time. These are the all-time greats Gods in our field of study surreal artists who spurn mere drab success ('I'm a winner Lord Sugar') to explore the vast magical life-enhancing possibilities of getting it wrong. Any of us could make a mistake but these great souls can turn the simplest everyday task into a scene of jaw-dropping wonder. These are the immortals. Stephen Pile President of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain and author of the number-one bestseller "The Book of Heroic Failures" takes us on an all-new and mind-bendingly hilarious tour to celebrate the most spectacular and absurd failures of the last twenty-five years. Failure is everywhere. There are 235 stories in total spread from the Outer Hebrides to America Ireland Australia Europe and Africa. The Syrian entry for example holds the world all-comers record as the driver who got most lost under Sat-nav direction (5000 miles).From the most driving test failures (959) the worst war correspondent (reporting from a broom cupboard) the worst robbery (when two different sets of bank robbers struck simultaneously) and the worst mugger (who left his victim $250 better off) to the holidaying rugby team of fifty-somethings from Dorchester who due to a mis-translation ended up playing the top team from Romania live on state TV this is the ultimate book to make you feel better about yourself and the world around you.
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Anyone can be a success, but it takes real and original genius to foul up big time. These are the all-time greats, Gods in our field of study, surreal artists, who spurn mere drab success ('I'm a winner, Lord Sugar') to explore the vast, magical, life-enhancing possibilities of getting it wrong. Any of us could make a mistake, but these great souls can turn the simplest everyday task into a scene of jaw-dropping wonder. These are the immortals. Stephen Pile, President of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain and author of the number-one bestseller The Book of Heroic Failures, takes us on an all-new and mind-bendingly hilarious tour to celebrate the most spectacular and absurd failures of the last twenty-five years. Failure is everywhere. There are 235 stories in total spread from the Outer Hebrides to America, Ireland, Australia, Europe and Africa. The Syrian entry, for example, holds the world all-comers record as the driver who got most lost under Sat-nav direction (5000 miles). From the most driving test failures (959), the worst war correspondent (reporting from a broom cupboard), the worst robbery (when two different sets of bank robbers struck simultaneously) and the worst mugger (who left his victim $250 better off), to the holidaying rugby team of fifty-somethings from Dorchester who, due to a mis-translation, ended up playing the top team from Romania live on state TV, this is the ultimate book to make you feel better about yourself and the world around you.
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Celebrate the very best in failure with all this new collection of outrageously funny misadventures from the author of the classic number one bestseller 'The Book of Heroic Failures'. From the most driving failures the worst war correspondent the worst robbery (when two different sets of bank robbers struck simultaneously) and the worst mugger (who left his victim $250 better off).
- 0571277284
- 9780571277285
- Stephen Pile
- 20 October 2011
- Faber & Faber
- Hardcover (Book)
- 304
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