Insults Every Man Should Know (Pocket Companions): 7 (Stuff You Should Know) - Hardcover

Nick Mamatas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594745242 ISBN 13: 9781594745249

Publisher: Quirk Books, 2011

Synopsis

With over 100,000 copies in print, the 2008 release "Jokes Every Man Should Know" proved that some subjects are evergreen - especially when packaged in a stylish pocket-size hardcover. Now Quirk is proud to introduce the perfect companion volume: "Insults Every Man Should Know". From the ancient Chinese insult Screw your ancestors for eighteen generations back to Jeff Foxworthy's Just how many times were you circumcised, this handsome anthology collects the world's finest insults, along with commentary and historical context. Topics include: Insulting Someone's Intelligence; Insulting Someone's Sexual Prowess; Insults for the Office; Comebacks, Insulting Gestures, and Backhanded; Compliments; and, much more.

About this title

Review:

"Nifty little pocket-sized book that features an insult for every occasion" --"TucsonCitizen.com"

This little pocketsized put down device had us laughing our heads off. --The Daily Sport, December 2011

a pocket-seized hardback that has 144 pages of hard-hitting insults and comebacks for every occassion... --Irish Bike, February, 2012

...an excellent and witty selection of put-downs and insults --The Chap, April, 2012

...an excellent and witty selection of put-downs that I found hard to put down. --Herefordshire magazine, August, 2012

About the Author:

Nick Mamatas is a novelist, blogger, and editor renowned for his blistering responses to the stupid things people say on the Internet. His nonfiction has appeared in Razor, The Village Voice and In These Times. A native New Yorker, he now lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quirk Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1594745242
• ISBN 13: 9781594745249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144