Book Review
February 2nd 2007 09:03
Hello there
Well as I write this, it is pouring with rain which is good for the garden but as it's a long holiday weekend, not so good. Now I have just finished reading the book The World According to Clarkson. Some of you might know Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear and some may not. He is the tall, badly dressed un pc guy out of the three presenters. On the cover of the book, it advises over 500,000 copies sold, The no1 sunday times bestseller, Extremely funny etc.
Now I wouldn't that far, there are more than a few interesting points that he raises and as I have come from the UK, I can identify with quite a few of them. One in particular caught my eye, it's called Welcome to Oafsville: It's any town near you. He points out the fact that provincial Britain is probably one of the most depressing places on earth. Pedestrian precincts full of charity shops, estate agents etc, after the weekend you wade knee deep through a sea of cans, smashed bottles, burger leftovers whilst pointing out that
in the papers, news tv, people discuss the euro,Iraq etc but you sense in Britain's town centres they simply don't care about anything. They drink, they eat, they mate, then they die.
They might as well be spiders (thats so true, it is really like that)
Clarkson makes a point that in the third world you will see hopelessness etched onto people's faces but in provincial Britain it's gormlessness.
And one of the biggest causes of pub fights in provincial Britain is 'You looking at me?' Atlhough 'You looking at my girl?' is used quite alot too. Which pretty much sums it up really.
So you don't have to be a Clarkson fan but if you want an easy book to read, that will make you nod in aggreement at times or raise an eyebrow in suprise about learning a new fact , then go for this one, unless you are to busy asking your neighbour why is he looking at you?
And you have to admit that love him or hate him, Clarkson is a genuis! Why I hear you ask?
Well all the small pieces he has written about, originally appeared in his column in the Sunday Times. Now he would have paid for this which is fair enough, but then he goes and basically reprints them all, bound into a book and apparently sells 500,000 copies, so even if he got a pound for each book, thats a nice sum for a big photocopy job, so good on him I say.
Been a long day so will leave you with thought of the day. 'Be your spouses best friend'
Hal
Well as I write this, it is pouring with rain which is good for the garden but as it's a long holiday weekend, not so good. Now I have just finished reading the book The World According to Clarkson. Some of you might know Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear and some may not. He is the tall, badly dressed un pc guy out of the three presenters. On the cover of the book, it advises over 500,000 copies sold, The no1 sunday times bestseller, Extremely funny etc.
Now I wouldn't that far, there are more than a few interesting points that he raises and as I have come from the UK, I can identify with quite a few of them. One in particular caught my eye, it's called Welcome to Oafsville: It's any town near you. He points out the fact that provincial Britain is probably one of the most depressing places on earth. Pedestrian precincts full of charity shops, estate agents etc, after the weekend you wade knee deep through a sea of cans, smashed bottles, burger leftovers whilst pointing out that
They might as well be spiders (thats so true, it is really like that)
Clarkson makes a point that in the third world you will see hopelessness etched onto people's faces but in provincial Britain it's gormlessness.
And one of the biggest causes of pub fights in provincial Britain is 'You looking at me?' Atlhough 'You looking at my girl?' is used quite alot too. Which pretty much sums it up really.
So you don't have to be a Clarkson fan but if you want an easy book to read, that will make you nod in aggreement at times or raise an eyebrow in suprise about learning a new fact , then go for this one, unless you are to busy asking your neighbour why is he looking at you?
And you have to admit that love him or hate him, Clarkson is a genuis! Why I hear you ask?
Well all the small pieces he has written about, originally appeared in his column in the Sunday Times. Now he would have paid for this which is fair enough, but then he goes and basically reprints them all, bound into a book and apparently sells 500,000 copies, so even if he got a pound for each book, thats a nice sum for a big photocopy job, so good on him I say.
Been a long day so will leave you with thought of the day. 'Be your spouses best friend'
Hal
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