SLIP OF THE PEN by De'ath Richard; Haining Peter
'A Slip of the Pen' is a painstakingly researched and thoroughly entertaining collection of some of literature's most hilarious, unexpected, and down-right odd bloopers. Notorious for seeking out strange yet true stories, laws, recipes, eulogies and sexual fads, author Peter Haining has trawled through countless libraries, newspapers and magazines to bring together a rich harvest of double-entendres, mixed-up-metaphors, comical first-lines, critics' clangers and authors' gaffs and howlers. Each piece is wittily introduced; curious opening lines from Dickens to Kafka; fantastic fictions whose titles are too bad to be true; and hilarious double entendres committed by those who should have known better. A great addition to the Robson bestsellers 'Anguished English', 'Foolish Words', Famous Last Words' and 'Put Downs'.
Former newspaper reporter, magazine editor and publishing executive Peter Haining became a full-time writer in the Seventies. He is the author of the successful Robson books 'The Flying Bomb War - Contemporary Eyewitness Accounts of the German V1 and V2 Raids on Britain', 'Sweeney Todd', 'Where the Eagle Landed' and 'The Jail That Went To Sea'. Peter died in November 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861057938 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861057938 |
| Title | SLIP OF THE PEN |
| Author | Peter Haining |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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