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Matthew Parris Scorn (Paperback). Back in six months whatever you do' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage'It's not enough to succeed. Friends must fail'Gore VidalNothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down. Further DetailsTitle: Scorn Condition: New Subtitle: The Wickedest Insults in Human History Author: Matthew Parris Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1781257302 EAN: 9781781257302 ISBN: 9781781257302 Edition: Main Publisher: Profile Books Ltd Genre: Humour & Joke Books Release Date: 11/02/2017 Description: 'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage'It's not enough to succeed. Friends must fail'Gore VidalNothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down. When it's directed at someone else.Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest shin-kicks and barbs in human history, spanning ancient Roman graffiti to social media spats, gleefully cherry-picks the finest work of such masters of scorn as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I and A.A. Gill. Together, they offer conclusive proof that verbal abuse can, at its finest, be an exquisite art form.'He has not a single redeeming defect'Benjamin Disraeli on William Ewart Gladstone'The little shit Parris, with his perma-smirk'Alastair Campbell, on the editor of this book Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 26mm Item Weight: 358g Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.