Scorn
eBook - ePub

Scorn

The Wickedest Insults in Human History

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eBook - ePub

Scorn

The Wickedest Insults in Human History

About this book

'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 Vidal

Nothing 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

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Information

Publisher
Profile Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781782832973

Table of contents

  1. Copyright Page
  2. List of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Humanity
  5. God and Religion
  6. Morality
  7. Nations
  8. Places
  9. Race
  10. Class and Courtesy
  11. Kings, Queens and Commoners
  12. People, Politicians and Government
  13. Left and Right
  14. British Politics
  15. Peers
  16. Australian Politics
  17. American Politics
  18. Politics in Europe and Beyond
  19. War
  20. Empire
  21. Journalism
  22. Writers, Publishers and Critics
  23. Art
  24. Music
  25. Theatre, Film and Television
  26. Doctors and Psychologists
  27. Law and Lawyers
  28. Business and Economics
  29. Sport
  30. Celebrity
  31. Food and Drink
  32. Women and Men
  33. Marriage and Family
  34. Age
  35. Ancients, Primitives and Folk Curses
  36. EU Referendum Scorn
  37. Acknowledgements
  38. Index