An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always - Hardcover

O'Farrell, John

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9780385616225: An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always

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ISBN 10: 0385616228 ISBN 13: 9780385616225

Publisher: Doubleday, 2009

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Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?'

An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945; leaving the Twenty-First Century reader feeling fantastically smug for having the benefit of hindsight.

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Review:

"An engrossing and agonising read. And fortunately, a funny one too....The best historical harbingers are also comedians" (Independent on Sunday)

"An enlightening run through the last 60 years of British history" (Woman & Home)

"This very readable account of how 21st-Century Britain was made is a roller-coaster of a ride through fashion and fascism, terrorism and television, soccer and sex." (Good Book Guide)

"All history is subjective, while O'Farrell's take is comically so...Will bring a smile to grumpy old men everywhere." (Daily Mirror)

Book Description:

John O'Farrell is back with his utterly impartial, cantakarous journey through history, bringing us right up to the present day

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