Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline
Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ...Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, "Dawn of the Dumb" is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal cord. And hands for turning the pages. Picking up where his hilarious "Screen Burn"...
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Polite, pensive, mature, reserved ...Charlie Brooker is none of these things and less. Rude, unhinged, outrageous, and above all funny, "Dawn of the Dumb" is essential reading for anyone with a brain and a spinal cord. And hands for turning the pages. Picking up where his hilarious "Screen Burn" left off, "Dawn of the Dumb" collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV writing, together with uproarious spleen-venting diatribes on a range of non-televisual subjects - tackling everything from David Cameron to human hair.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571238415 (0571238416)
Publish date: November 1st 2007
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 345
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Media Tie In,
Criticism,
Anthologies,
Journalism,
Politics,
Tv
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IntroductionPrologue--Dawn of the DumbIndex