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Exploring the theme of failure, this collection highlights notable mistakes and misguided endeavors, suggesting that these blunders often hold more intrigue than successes. It brings together the most engaging stories from "The Book Of Heroic Failures" and "The Return Of Heroic Failures," showcasing a variety of amusing and enlightening misadventures that celebrate the human experience of error.
It is difficult to be really bad at something, but the people in this book manage to succeed The book features tales of drivers who can't drive, travellers who get lost all the time and policemen who can't catch criminals.
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 to explore the vast, magical, life-enhancing possibilities of getting it wrong.
Doran, Amanda-Jane, Punchlines - 150 years of humorous writing in Punch. London, HarperCollins, 1991. 26cm. XII, 371 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes work by authors / comedians such as: John Bentjemen / Mary Dunn / Graham Greene / Melvyn bragg / Stevie Smith / William Boyd / Robert Graves / etc.
"Lang lebe die Schadenfreude!" versammelt die komischsten Missgeschicke und Fehlleistungen aus aller Welt. Stephen Pile zeigt, dass Pleiten und Pannen eine Quelle großer Freude sind und garantiert Lachsalven.
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