Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Determined to find out, award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century rummaging through charity shops, jumble sales, and even the odd skip to compile the defining collection of the world's worst ? inadvertently hilarious ? books. Among the many genres it explores, the book will guide you through the hinterland of celebrity autobiography, unearthing underappreciated classics such as those by It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Don Estelle and the brother of a former PM (MAJOR MAJOR). It offers a detailed study of romance sub-genres, from the equine (DIAMOND STUD) to the gynaecological (SIGN OF THE SPECULUM). And it will prove invaluable to anyone who wants to know THE SECRETS OF PICKING UP SEXY GIRLS. Above all, the Book Club is a manual - almost a life guide - training you up for membership of the Grand Order of Curators of Books That Should Never Have Been. Join the club.
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Robin Ince is an award winning comedian and writer. He won the Time Out Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy for his show The Book Club, which was also nominated for a British Comedy Award and hailed by The Observer as 'the outstanding literary event of the Edinburgh Festival'.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. VG+. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROBIN INCE, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. There is a 'Signed Copy' sticker on front panel of the book. xv,335pp. Illustrated. Robin Ince (born 1969) is a comedian, actor and writer. A committed bibliophile, he has spent a great deal of the twenty-first century trying to determine whether poetry about extraterrestials and romances set in lighthouses are in fact more fabulous than Great Literature. Contained within these pages are the results of his painstaking research. With Bibliography. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROBIN INCE. Signed by Author, Robert Ince. Seller Inventory # 19975
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