I Fought The Law - Softcover

Kieran, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593058089 ISBN 13: 9780593058084

Verlag: Bantam Press, 2007

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In this unique travel memoir, Dan Kieran embarks on a satirical 'crime spree' to uncover fascinating and disturbing truths about the state of post-Blair Britain.

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Dan Kieran is Deputy Editor of the Idler and a travel writer for the Observer, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph. He also compiled and edited Crap Towns, Crap Jobs and Crap Holidays and co-authored The Myway Code. He lives in London with his girlfriend Rachel and their son Wilf.

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Dan Kieran wants to fight a one-man crusade against the forces of homogeneity. But travelling around Britain he finds he's not alone. Out there are multitudes of people battling against the tedium of Britain PLC. Out there - amidst the uniform high streets, no-go estates and shopping malls - the mouse is raging!

Follow Dan's fun-packed crimespree as he reveals why ...

a group of protesters were arrested for eating cakes in Parliament Squarea woman called Dorothy spends her days on the roof of a bus station in Derby a group of pensioners were forced to let off stink bombs in a court of lawKing Arthur can be found alive and well up a tree in Newbury one woman got an ASBO for being naked in her own home - and a Tourette's sufferer was given an ASBO for swearing.

Packed with many more hilarious stories, fascinating facts and a sprinkling of sage advice from the likes of Winston Churchill, Admiral Nelson, George Orwell and William Blake, I Fought the Law is a patriotic celebration of the British spirit - and a call to arms for all those for whom enough is enough!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bantam Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593058089
• ISBN 13: 9780593058084
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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