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The Book of Heroic Failures

Paperback • 1980 • English

The Book of Heroic Failures: The Official Handbook of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain: By Stephen Pile

By Pile, Stephen

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About the book

Stephen Pile is a Renaissance Man, equally unable to do a vast range of activities. The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain Western civilization is obsessed with success, even though most of us have a genuine flair for the exact opposite. Three years ago Stephen Pile decided to do something about it: he formed the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain. To get into the Club you had to be not terribly good at something and preferably downright awful. Members addressed the Club on the thing...Show more

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ISBN

9780708819081

Publisher

Futura

Published year

1980

Language

English

Original title

The Book of Heroic Failures

Format

Paperback

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