Invective and insult are alive and well. This book brings together classic and modern jibes, well-known and obscure, on subjects that range from anatomy and race to smells and age.

Scorn With Added Vitriol

Humor & Entertainment

PARRIS, Matthew

Humor

Penguin Uk

A frank autobiography by "The Times" columnist and ex-politician Matthew Parris. His childhood was spent on a variety of different countries as his engineer father moved jobs; Rhodesia, Cyprus, the Middle East and Jamaica. After Cambridge and Yale, he joined the Conservative central office at roughly the same time (aged 26) he discovered he was gay. He worked for Michael Dobbs, Chris Patten, and Mrs Thatcher (who famously fired him), before entering parliament himself. Part participant, part bystander, Matthew Parris describes what it was like to be so close to the centre and remain an outsider.

Chance Witness : An Outsider's Life in Politics

Biographies & Memoirs

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Inca-Kola : A Traveller's Tale of Peru

History

Ancient Civilizations

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

So Far So Good....

Literature & Fiction

Orion Publishing Co

Inca Kola : A Traveller"s Tale of Peru

Chance Witness: An Outsider's Life in Politics by Parris, Matthew

VIKING

Matthew Parris's Parting Shots is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis.   Up till 2006 a British Ambassador leaving his post was encouraged to write what was known as a valedictory despatch, to be circulated to a small number of influential people in government. This was the parting shot, an opportunity to offer a personal and frank view of the host country, the manners and morals of its people, their institutions, the state of their cooking and their drains. But it was also a chance to let rip at the Foreign Office itself and to look back on a career spent in the service of a sometimes ungrateful nation.   Combining gems from the archives with more recent despatches obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Parting Shots sheds light on Britain's place in the world, revealing the curious cocktail of privilege and privation that makes up the life of an ambassador.   'Wonderful ... a glimpse of that lost world of private eloquence and erudite candour' Matthew d'Ancona, Evening Standard   'Unbuttoned, indiscreet and very funny' Yorkshire Post   Matthew Parris had a short career in the Foreign Office where one of his tasks was to distribute incoming valedictory despatches. He was a Conservative MP from 1979 to 1986, since when he has worked as a journalist. He is the author of A Castle in Spain, Parting Shots, and A Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase. He divides his time between Derbyshire (where his old constituency was situated) and east London.

Parting Shots

Bryson, Andrew

<p>Matthew Parris's Parting Shots is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis. Up till 2006 a British Ambassador leaving his post was encouraged to write what was known as a valedictory despatch, to be circulated to a small number of influential people in government. This was the parting shot, an opportunity to offer a personal and frank view of the host country, the manners and morals of its people, their institutions, the state of their cooking and their drains. But it was also a chance to let rip at the Foreign Office itself and to look back on a career spent in the service of a sometimes ungrateful nation. Combining gems from the archives with more recent despatches obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Parting Shots sheds light on Britain's place in the world, revealing the curious cocktail of privilege and privation that makes up the life of an ambassador. 'Wonderful ... a glimpse of that lost world of private eloquence and erudite candour' Matthew d'Ancona, Evening Standard 'Unbuttoned, indiscreet and very funny' Yorkshire Post Matthew Parris had a short career in the Foreign Office where one of his tasks was to distribute incoming valedictory despatches. He was a Conservative MP from 1979 to 1986, since when he has worked as a journalist. He is the author of A Castle in Spain, Parting Shots, and A Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase. He divides his time between Derbyshire (where his old constituency was situated) and east London.</p>

<p>Columnist and broadcaster Matthew Parris takes us on his fourth trip to spectacular Peru, a land encompassing some of the highest mountains, driest deserts and thickest jungles in the world. Visiting old stomping grounds and finding new ones, he recounts the troubles, curiosities and wonders he and his three companions meet. Travelling among bandits, prostitutes, peasants and riots, Parris describes it all, at times moving, hilarious and grotesque.</p>

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