The Cat that Could Open the Fridge by Simon Hoggart

The Cat that Could Open the Fridge by Simon Hoggart

The advent of the home computer has made Christmas round robin letters ubiquitous. Where once the hot news about Tamsin's A levels would be sent in a short note, now it's not unusual to get a letter that includes several pages of misery - emergency operations, dead relatives, sackings, rainy holidays and so forth - decorated with jolly snowmen and smiling Santas. Some people go further and send out whole booklets. Computers have also made it possible to include photographs of the family eating paté in their Provencal garden, or sitting in a hot tub in California. Simon Hoggart gets hundreds of round robin letters sent to him every year and has collected the funniest, most irritating, most surreal extracts into this hilarious short book. Along the way he considers why people hate these letters so much and what they tell us about the British middle classes. What, exactly, lies behind the impulse to write about Roger's decision to cycle to work for health reasons, or Jeremy's trip to Tasmania, or the replacement pet rabbit?

'Being funny, wise and humane all at the same time needs a touch of classSimon Hoggart has always had it.' * JAMES NAUGHTIE *

Simon Hoggart writes a weekly diary for the Guardian, for which he also writes a daily parliamentary sketch. He also writes about wine and TV for the Spectator and is chairman of BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz.

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ISBN 13	9781843543572
ISBN 10	1843543575
Title	The Cat that Could Open the Fridge
Author	Simon Hoggart
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2004-11-04
Number of pages	160
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