The Penguin Book of Fights, Feuds And Heartfelt Hatreds: An Anthology of Antipathy - Hardcover

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9780670840205: The Penguin Book of Fights, Feuds And Heartfelt Hatreds: An Anthology of Antipathy

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ISBN 10: 0670840203 ISBN 13: 9780670840205

Publisher: Viking, 1992

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Publisher: Viking
Date of Publication: 1992
Binding: Hard Cover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good +/Very Good

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In this anthology, Philip Kerr takes the reader on a tour of some of the famous and infamous fights, feuds and heartfelt hatreds which have peppered history from the time of Caesar to the present: Knox's invective against women, Dr Johnson's loathing of Americans, a 19th-century duel which lasted for nearly 20 years, the antagonism between Bobby Kennedy and the head of the Teamsters Union, Jimmy Hoffa, the guerrilla war between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford during the filming of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?", the icy battle of etiquette between Wallis Simpson and the Queen Mother, Richard Branson versus Malcolm McLaren and the Sex Pistols, Lennon versus McCartney and the clash of the soft drinks empires at war. Reasons rational and irrational have provided the spark that ignites the fuel of hatred, from religion to a fear of insects. The weapons chosen have been as innocuous as scorn, as devastating as genocide. Some antipathies have lasted lifetimes, others only moments, but all illuminate a darker side of human nature. For some, hatred seems to bring a measure of enjoyment.

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