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'One of my favourite humour titles of the season.'
Caroline
Sanderson, The Bookseller
'The
internet has devalued the anagram – it’s too easy to
generate them these days – so to impress they have to be
powerfully descriptive. Richard Napier clearly has the right sort
of brain for them (‘Sitting in traffic behind a Cavalier,
I’d think: what “a vile car” ’) and his don’t
disappoint. Gordon Ramsay supplies the title.'
5 Stars.
John O'Connell,
Time Out
"One
can only be grateful for such generosity in these troubled times,
and for a book which is also an absorbing party game. The same
can be said for My Gonads Roar: The
Twisted World of Anagrams by Richard Napier (Faber £9.99),
a simple idea admirably beaten to within an inch of its life.
It also made me laugh out loud."
Martin Rowson,
The Independent
'My
Gonads Roar will have the whole country laughing within minutes
of picking it up.'
Leeds Student.org
'Twists
names with amusing consequences.'
The Times
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Selected edition: Hardback
ISBN: 9780571243945
Published: 06.11.2008
No of pages: 240 |
Welcome
to the twisted world of anagrams...
What’s
in a name, like Jeremy Clarkson (Only Cars Jerk Me) or Gordon
Ramsay (My Gonads Roar)? A few vowels and some consonants
– or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free?
In
My Gonads Roar, expert wordsmith Richard Napier rearranges
hundreds of famous names to create a parallel universe –
like the world we know, but funnier, ruder, and much more
vitriolic.
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'The
majority of Christmas titles are best left on the shelf, but Richard
Napier's book of anagrams is one of the select few that deserves a look.
His alternative monikers are rude, funny and often strangely apposite,
with blokey puns that get funnier as you go, building up their momentum
like a quick-fire comedian and carrying you along as you flick through
the pages.' Velocity magazine
'In
these current difficult times we all need a laugh. One of the more unique
titles with hundreds of anagrams which often uncannily connect with
the subject or person in question'
Gary Vincent, Magic FM
'The
witty quirkiness of the humour and the undercurrent of irreverence throughout
is great! I finished the book in one sitting.'
Tony Crafter, UK Anagram Champion
'A marvelous
new book. The sports anagrams are especially sharp.'
Clinton Van Der Berg, The Times South Africa
'Hundreds
of funny anagrams.'
Daily Sport
'Great
new anagram book'
Garry Bushell, Daily Star
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