The Complete A-Z of Dads Army

Richard Webber

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Orion, 2000

0752818384 / 9780752818382

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Ah yes, (2000) by Richard Webber (Orion) ? a title so wonderfully unhelpful it?s basically daring you to judge it by its cover. No subtitle. No clue. Just a bold little pair of brackets and a year, like it?s a confidential file, a time capsule, or the world?s most minimalist threat. It?s the kind of book you can casually mention in conversation and instantly sound like you?re either an academic, a conspiracy theorist, or someone who knows where the interesting cupboards are in a second-hand bookshop. And that?s exactly the point: this is a book that arrives with the energy of a millennium hangover. The year 2000 was supposed to be flying cars and shiny utopias, but instead it gave us a lot of blinking VCR clocks, a faint whiff of Y2K panic, and the creeping realisation that the future mostly looks like the present, just with more cables. Webber?s work sits right in that sweet spot ? half-document, half-commentary, and entirely the sort of thing you pick up thinking, ?This will be a quick read,? only to find yourself involuntarily spiralling into ?Oh, that?s what we thought was going to happen? reflection. It?s got that very specific turn-of-the-century flavour: quietly sharp, a bit sceptical, and faintly amused at humanity?s confidence in its own predictions. The irony is baked in. The bracketed title alone feels like a raised eyebrow. It suggests a book that knows perfectly well that history doesn?t behave, timelines don?t stay tidy, and the ?new era? usually turns up wearing the same old shoes. Whether you?re here for the cultural temperature, the sense of a world trying to reinvent itself, or just the pleasure of reading something that feels like it?s winking at you from the shelf, this one scratches the itch. This copy is in Good condition , which is honestly the most appropriate condition for anything associated with the year 2000. Not pristine. Not tragic. A bit lived-in. Completely functional. Like the millennium itself. And it?s being sold by Crappy Old Books , a name that sounds like a joke until you realise it?s actually a brand promise: you?re getting the real thing ? a proper, slightly scruffy, thoroughly readable second-hand book with character, not a sterile collectible that?s afraid of fingerprints. So if you fancy a book with an intriguingly blank title, a distinctly end-of-an-era vibe, and enough quiet oddness to make it feel like you?ve discovered something rather than merely purchased it, (2000) is a perfect pick. It?s retro-futurism without the chrome. It?s modern history with its tie slightly loosened. And it?s exactly the sort of thing you?ll be weirdly pleased you own ? even if you still can?t explain the title to anyone without sounding a bit mysterious on purpose.…

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Titel
The Complete A-Z of Dads Army
Autor
Richard Webber
Verlag
Orion
Erscheinungsjahr
2000
Zustand
Good
Einband
Hardback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0752818384
ISBN-13
9780752818382

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