Scorn: The Wittiest And Wickedest Insults In Human History by Matthew Parris

'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time. ' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'You're as ugly as a salad. ' Bulgarian insult 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on. ' Muhammed Ali There's no pleasure like a perfectly-turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. Drawing on bile from such masters as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I, Donald Trump, Groucho Marx, Princess Anne, Winston Churchill, Nigel Farage, Mae West and Alastair Campbell - which form an exchange between voices down the ages - Scorn shows that abuse can be an art form.

Publisher:	Profile Books
Year:	2017
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781781257302
Condition:	Good

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SKU: 1603657
Location: Humour