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Talk to the Hand- The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door

Lynne Truss

  • 214 pages ยท about 4 hours
  • First published 2005
  • 17 editions
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1 About this book

An evaluation of the way discourteous behavior has become commonplace and even applauded in today's society is a humorous call to arms that challenges ill manners and the practices that support them.

  • English wit and humor
  • Courtesy
  • Etiquette
  • Conduct of life
  • Popular culture

2 About Lynne Truss

Born 1955

Lynne Truss (born 31 May 1955) is an English author, journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster and dramatist. She champions correctness and aesthetics in the English language, which is the subject of her 2003 book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. The book was inspired by a BBC Radio 4 show about punctuation, Cutting a Dash, which she presented.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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