The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures

The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9780571277346
ISBN-13 : 0571277349
Rating : 4/5 (349 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures by : Stephen Pile

Download or read book The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures written by Stephen Pile and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last year Stephen Pile attempted to deliver a daring blow to the success ethic that so pervades Western culture. To his dismay, The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures sold many copies and even became the Sunday Times 'Humour Book of the Year.' Nothing daunted, Stephen returns with a new selection which brings together the very best of his original classic titles - The Book of Heroic Failures and The Return of Heroic Failures. The heartwarming news that stays news is that there really is no limit to what humanity can achieve, as we move onwards and downwards to ever more immortal and breathtaking feats of incompetence. The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures lovingly chronicles the all-time heroes who have been so bad at things that they shine as beacons for future generations. It is hard not to feel boundless admiration, for example, for the fifty Mexican convicts who dug an escape tunnel out of their jail and came up in the courtroom where many of them had been sentenced. Or for the world's worst tourist, who spent three days in New York believing he was in Rome.


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