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Illustrated by Posy Simmonds, this is a wonderfully curated collection of sublime and delicious snippets of overheard mobile phone talk—the perfect gift for mobile phone users (and detractors) everywhere. Overheard mobile pronouncements are a modern phenomenon. In the street, in the park, in supermarkets, buses, waiting rooms, and even, heaven help us, in libraries, it’s quite impossible to get away from these tasty or repellent fragments of other people’s private lives. Wherever you lurk, their outbursts of despair or irritation ring out: mega-tantrums, in-jokes, celebrity spottings, instant post-mortems, office politics, whoops of joy and anger, weather reports, devilishly dull domestic details, parental problems, health issues, holiday plans, money matters, dinner menus, ultimatums, gossip, sporting news, amorous overtures, business deals—and any number of time-wasting pleasantries. From the stunningly mundane to the shockingly direct, the sublime to the ridiculous, here is a wonderfully curated collection of overheard mobile conversational gems.
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Andrew Barrow is a writer and journalist who regularly contributes to the Independent, Daily Telegraph, and the Spectator. He is the author of Animal Magic: A Brother's Story, Gossip, 1920-70, and The Tap Dancer. His various collections of overheard remarks have appeared in Vogue and Tatler, as well as in his collection The Great Book of Small Talk.
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"Dozens of shouty (and occasionally whispered) one-sided conversations, all of which have been turned from annoying to hilarious thanks to a sublime collaboration between two very beady talents." * The Guardian * "Beautifully illustrated... it will strike a chord, even if it seems a bit unfair to strip the ordinary things people say then put them in a book, all the while scoffing at them for not being worthy of putting in a book. Still, that's Christmas for you" -- Toby Clements * Telegraph * "A modern curse is turned into a treasure trove of strangers' words" -- Ben Felsenburg * Metro * "Great only in the sense of being darn good, this is a tiny, beautifully produced volume" -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *
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- PublisherSquare Peg
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0224095625
- ISBN 13 9780224095624
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages144
- IllustratorSimmonds Posy
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