The Bastard’s Handbook is a manual for men, basically how
to be a better bastard towards your friends and women in general. It contains
information on how to steal your best friend’s girl, favourite sexual
positions, how to recognize different types of bastards, how to borrow money
and never pay it back, and must have bastard accessories.
There’s
really not much to say about The
Bastard’s Handbook, either you’ll like the humour or you won’t. For example
there is a section about dumping your girlfriend for someone better:
Wait for her to make the first move
and then kiss her with false passion, holding back tears due to the fake raw
emotion will only add to the effect. Then if the situation presents itself have
your wicked way, remember there is nothing better than to prey on the
emotionally needy.
This is a
very mild quote in comparison to some of the suggestions.
There are
chapters on quotes by famous bastards (e.g. Napoleon), bastard categories (like
lucky, dirty etc.), how to get more sex, how to cheat on your partner, suitable
music and books and careers as a bastard among others. It can get a bit
repetitive. For example, there are 37 types of bastard plus another section
called ‘Other Bastard terms’ where a further 12 are listed.
The dropped
capital T in the above heading is as it is in the book. This was quite typical.
The version I reviewed looked thrown together. There were large gaps between
lines and paragraphs and there were many and repeated punctuation and spacing
errors.
Unfortunately,
I didn’t laugh once. I once read How to
be a Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson, a spin off from a UK comedy
series, The Young Ones. At the time I
loved it, however, I was 16. Perhaps that’s the problem…
Rating? Two
Stars
Would add this to my bookshelf? No
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