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Tickling the English | 
 enlarge | Author: Dara O Briain
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Category: Book
List Price: £18.99
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0718154371
EAN: 9780718154370
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 A brilliant book which reads great on the ipad kindle app September 2, 2010
A. Illman
I was browsing the kindle store on my ipad for a good read and I stumbled across this book.
It is a really great book, offering an insight to an Irish persons views of the English, the life of a comedian on tour, and some great observations about England on the whole.
It's a very funny page turner and I couldn't put it down until I finished.
I highly recommend this book. Not only did it provide a very entertaining read it proved to me that the kindle reader on the ipad is a great way to read books.
A Clever Idea and Entertainingly written August 23, 2010
Mrs. K. A. Wheatley (Leicester, UK)
Dara O'Briain takes a trip round the United Kingdom, looking at what makes the English English. Rather than being a serious study he goes to the towns and cities he visits on his comedy tour and intersperses facts and anecdotes with the conversations he has with the people who attend his shows. It makes for an unusual, quirky and funny volume which is more like a patchwork quilt than a coherent narrative, but none the worse for it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am pleased to say that his writing voice is just as entertaining as his stage delivery and you really get a sense of the man himself as well as his thoughts and feelings about his subject matter.
 I Was Tickled August 11, 2010
Sockymon
I had hoped that this was going to be something along the lines of Jeremy Paxman's 'The English,' a study of the country and culture. It is in places, but not for the whole part. The book opens along those lines, but quickly becomes more of a tour diary - something that might have made a better blog. However, that's not to say that it isn't a funny and clever book to read. There are a few gags that you might recognise from Mock the Week or Dara's stand up shows, but that doesn't lessen the impact as good story is a good story. Most of Dara's routines are based on stories that stem from situations that he has been in or people that he has met and they're worth reading again. The book has also left me with a keen desire to go see Ken Dodd live... since Dara was so impressed with his marathon shows, I'm now intrigued to know if I too could last the duration.
Do Not Mock This One July 29, 2010
Julian Waldron (Telford, England)
I don't often do reviews, but I thought I would add my thrupence worth to this.
I really enjoyed this book. It is an excellent mix of humour and facts, and is an easy read, perfect for the beach, or whereever.
The format is that of Dara's last tour of the country, while he considers what makes us (the English) such a miserable bunch of whingers. So it's up and down and all over the place describing both the places visited, and the theatres he perfomed in as well as the people he has met on tour in his audiences, along with notes on our characters and outlook on life.
Three parts that I partiularly liked were: the commentary on the history of English drinking - a surprise as to the definition of 'binge drinking'; the note on why St. Patrick's Day is celebrated the world over, while St. George doesn't get as much enthusiasm to say the least; and a long piece devoted to Doddy, who is clearly one of Dara's comedy heroes - I agree fully having seen him recently - he is a legend.
I recently bought (and read) Frankie Boyle's book but much prefer this - I would like to see Dara if, and when he comes around again.
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