Delete This at Your Peril: One Man's Hilarious Exchanges with Internet Spammers - Hardcover

Servant, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1602392757 ISBN 13: 9781602392755

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

"Genius! Highly entertaining and brilliantly deranged."—Maxim Spam is the plague of the electronic age, comprising 90% of all e-mails and illegally netting millions of dollars each year. Into this frustrating wave of directed marketing steps the brave figure of Bob Servant, a former window cleaner and cheeseburger magnate with a love of wine, women, and song—as well as a devious sense of fair play. In collusion with his "editor" Neil Forsyth, Bob gives spammers a taste of their own medicine. This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants who unwittingly flood his inbox. As they offer him African fortunes, Russian brides, and get-rich-quick scams, he turns the tables by offering them some outlandish schemes of his own. Upping the ante with the skill of a seasoned pro, Bob demands legal asylum, shoulders to cry on, and gold lions that speak—and almost gets his way. The result is page after page of wacky and hilarious e-mail exchanges—and a cathartic release for anyone whose inbox has been deluged with unwanted e-mail. 22 b/w photographs.

About this title

Review:

'I have worked with a lot of funny men - Peter Cook, Spike Milligan, Harry Enfield... Bob servant is in a class of his own.' --Barry Fantoni, Private Eye

'This was my very well received Secret Santa present!... truly hysterical.. cracking book... brilliant read!' --Book Geek Blog

Mentioned as part of Canongate s 40 to Watch important voices of the future --The Skinny

About the Author:

Bob Servant is a sixty-two-year-old, semi-retired resident of Dundee. He has previously worked as a merchant sailor and window cleaner, among other occupations, but now describes himself as 'an unemployed gigolo'. Neil Forsyth is an author and journalist. A fellow Dundonian and friend to Bob Servant for over twenty years, he has recently completed Servant's biography, Bob Servant: Hero of Dundee, also available from Birlinn.

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1602392757
• ISBN 13: 9781602392755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176