Rex Mantlepiece to thread!
― The Central Rockaliser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 March 2022 01:04 (two years ago) link
It's hard to objectively poll a "worst book", because if people suspect a book is likely to be bad, they avoid it. Any poll results you get are more probably a reflection of "which author among these do I despise the most".
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 31 March 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link
For “worst” sub in least appropriate/wrong nationality/what the fuck as taste suits
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 31 March 2022 04:14 (two years ago) link
I had forgotten that Tom Bower was the author of the scathing biography of Corbyn and went and bought a couple of other books by him. Operation Paperclip. I mean obviously if he is going to attack Corbyn his perspective on everything else must be equally askew. Innit. Like.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 31 March 2022 09:00 (two years ago) link
Secret Barrister one is worst because I hate all these fucking coward ‘Secret’ whatever things. You know that whoever the actual person is, is the biggest cunt in whatever profession it is
― crisp, Thursday, 31 March 2022 10:54 (two years ago) link
iirc he has a Twitter rep - it must be a he - for being a wanker
― a spectre is haunting your mom (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 31 March 2022 11:13 (two years ago) link
Took the words out of my mouth, was very concerned about Corbyn’s “authoritarianism” iirc
― mardheamac (gyac), Thursday, 31 March 2022 11:15 (two years ago) link
setting aside the political attitudinising on twitter (which my learned friends and esteemed colleagues gyac and noodle vague characterise correctly), the LRB review of the secret barrister book was actually pretty positive: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n05/stephen-sedley/mischief-wrought
i can't imagine it's worse than anything by tom bower
― mark s, Thursday, 31 March 2022 12:15 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 1 April 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link