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F*** You Very Much
- Author
- Danny Wallace
- Narrator
- Danny Wallace
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 31 May 2018
- Run Time
- 8 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Random House presents the audiobook edition of F*** You Very Much, written and read by Danny Wallace.
You're not imagining it. People are getting ruder. And this is a serious problem.
The book that inspired the iTunes Top Ten podcast
Did you know that even one rude comment in a life and death situation can decrease a surgeon’s performance by as much as 50%? That we say we don’t want rude politicians, but we vote for them anyway? Or that rude language can sway a jury in a criminal case?
Bestselling writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Awkward Situations For Men), is on a mission to understand where we have gone wrong. He travels the world interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, barristers, bin men, and bellboys. He joins a Radical Honesty group in Germany, talks to drivers about road rage in LA, and confronts his own online troll in a pub.
And in doing so, he uncovers the latest thinking about how we behave, how rudeness, once unleashed, can spread like a virus – and how even one flippant remark can snowball into disaster.
As insightful and enthralling as it is highly entertaining, F*** You Very Much* is an eye-opening exploration into the worst side of human behaviour.
*This book was originally published under the title, I Can’t Believe You Just Said That. But we decided it just wasn’t rude enough...
"A cry for human decency… deliciously hilarious. I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately." Adam Grant author of Originals, Give and Take, Option B
Critics Review
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A brilliant book
Jon Ronson
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A very funny and wise book about the blatant rudeness that surrounds us. Danny Wallace on top form
Matt Haig
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A meaty cry for human decency, wrapped in a deliciously hilarious hot dog bun. I plan to read it again and then force-feed it to my neighbour, my mother, and my college roommate. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately.
Adam Grant, author of 'Originals'
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Hilarious
GQ
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Danny Wallace, author, actor, and comedian, wrote the rudeness manifesto itself.
VICE.com
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His [Danny Wallace’s] research on the psychology of rudeness can give us key insights as to what's going on right now and what we can do to become more empathetic
Psychology Today
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A very funny and wise book about the blatant rudeness that surrounds us. Danny Wallace on top form
Matt Haig
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Details
- Author
- Danny Wallace
- Narrator
- Danny Wallace
- Duration
- 8 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 May 2018
- ISBN
- 9781473564206
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Genre
- Humour, Popular psychology, Popular science, Social groups, communities and identities, Social and cultural anthropology, Reportage, journalism or collected columns
Synopsis
Random House presents the audiobook edition of F*** You Very Much, written and read by Danny Wallace. You're not imagining it. People are getting ruder. And this is a serious problem.The book that inspired the iTunes Top Ten podcast Did you know that even one rude comment in a life and death situation can decrease a surgeon’s performance by as much as 50%? That we say we don’t want rude politicians, but we vote for them anyway? Or that rude language can sway a jury in a criminal case?Bestselling writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Awkward Situations For Men), is on a mission to understand where we have gone wrong. He travels the world interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, barristers, bin men, and bellboys. He joins a Radical Honesty group in Germany, talks to drivers about road rage in LA, and confronts his own online troll in a pub.And in doing so, he uncovers the latest thinking about how we behave, how rudeness, once unleashed, can spread like a virus – and how even one flippant remark can snowball into disaster.As insightful and enthralling as it is highly entertaining, F*** You Very Much* is an eye-opening exploration into the worst side of human behaviour.*This book was originally published under the title, I Can’t Believe You Just Said That. But we decided it just wasn’t rude enough..."A cry for human decency… deliciously hilarious. I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately." Adam Grant author of Originals, Give and Take, Option B
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