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Messing About in Quotes

A Little Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

Gyles Brandreth editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:4th Oct '18

Should be back in stock very soon

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Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from witty one-liners and funny phrases to pithy comments and unintended humour. If you live to be one hundred you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. - George Burns I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry. - Victoria Wood Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. - Graham Greene The trouble with a book is that you never know what's in it until it's too late. - Jeanette Winterson

Always good for a laugh and there are lots of laughs, familiar and unfamiliar, on every page from many others wits. * Robert Tanitch, Mature Times *
A great stocking filler. * The People's Friend *

ISBN: 9780198813187

Dimensions: 161mm x 109mm x 28mm

Weight: 320g

400 pages