Things Snowball [Paperback]

Rich Hall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003

From the similarities between US gun laws and British drinking hours, to what cryptic crosswrods really tell us about the British psyche, American in London Rich Hall casts a keen eye on the lunatic contradictions and weird marvels of his native and adoptive homelands in this hilarious book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Very funny, considering he isn't meant to be in the country Jack Dee Only marginally less threatening than it is funny. Ideal reading material for killing those long hours while being held hostage by enraged Montana militia-men Christopher Brookmyre Recalls the deliriously bathetic fiction of Woody Allen TIME OUT Priceless ...You guessed it: I laughed out loud SCOTSMAN

About the Author

Rich Hall is the Perrier Award Winner 2000, TIME OUT Comedy Award Winner 2000 and Adelaide Festival Fringe Award Winner 2000. He is best known for his comic alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw. He divides his time between London and Montana.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0349115761
• ISBN-13: 978-0349115764
• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,123,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Bit Hit or Miss, August 25, 2008

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Graceann Macleod "Books Fuel My Life" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Things Snowball (Paperback)

Some of the essays in this short volume are laugh-out-loud funny, much like Mr. Hall himself. However, there were a few that were quite dull, and a couple that were in poor taste indeed.

This is the beauty of a book of essays, though. If you're in the middle of one that isn't stellar, you know that in a few pages you'll get to try a new one. Sort of like chocolates in a sampler box, and that's not a bad thing.