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The Centrist Dad Handbook
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FINALLY - JAMES O'BRIEN A funny and gentle deep dive into the most unbearably reasonable men in the UK – your perfect Christmas present for any dad, husband, brother or uncle who owns more gilets than shoes, buys vinyl (but doesn’t always remove the cellophane), puffs...
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A hilarious, handy and affectionate guide to the mindset and values of this tribe of sensible, see-both-sides, middle-class blokes who drink alcohol-free IPA and eat pretend sausages at women’s football matches.
A hilarious, handy and affectionate guide to the mindset and values of this tribe of sensible, see-both-sides, middle-class blokes who drink alcohol-free IPA and eat pretend sausages at women’s football matches.
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FINALLY - JAMES O'BRIEN
A funny and gentle deep dive into the most unbearably reasonable men in the UK – your perfect Christmas present for any dad, husband, brother or uncle who owns more gilets than shoes, buys vinyl (but doesn’t always remove the cellophane), puffs on a CBD vape and claims he has a brick from the Haçienda in his outdoor barbecue. (Yeah. Right.)
Packed full of quizzes, lifehacks and top 10 lists, The Centrist Dad Handbook will answer questions like:
- Why exactly is the Centrist Dad’s taste in music stuck in the Blair era?
- Why does he carry a folded bicycle wherever he goes?
- Why does he call it his ‘office’ when it’s clearly a shepherd’s hut?
- Would he consider bringing back hanging if the rope was made of sustainably-sourced hemp?
The guide will also examine gnarlier issues like music festivals, e-scooters and whether it is OK to still listen to The Smiths if you do so whilst wearing noise-cancelling headphones and sorting the recycling. Plus food and drink ideas (the most centrist food is, obviously, half-and-half sweet-and-salty popcorn) and the thing no guide to Centrist Dads would be complete without: Adrian Chiles.
Written by Jason Hazeley (who co-authored the bestselling phenomenon The Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups series and anything with the word Cunk in the title) and Nico Tatarowicz (The Armstrong & Miller Show, Murder In Successville, Spitting Image), this is The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook for the 21st century. A humour book must for that breed of men who miss Top Gear even though they identify as cyclists.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526681997
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 October 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 116.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
Jason Hazeley is a BAFTA, Broadcast and Bookseller award-winning writer and musician. He is the co-creator of the Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups series and spoof local newspaper the Framley Examiner. For the screen, he has written for living legends Philomena Cunk and Paddington Bear, along with well-known fictional characters like David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker. His words have also filled valuable unclaimed advertising space in the Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Observer, Mojo, Esquire, Jack, Idler and potty-mouthed national treasure Viz.
Nico Tatarowicz is a comedy writer, actor, podcaster and musician, who has worked on the BAFTA award-winning The Armstrong & Miller Show and Murder in Successville. He has contributed multiple short stories for Broadcast Award-winning Crackanory and loves writing and performing his own comedy material, and tending to one of his many podcasts. In recent years, he and Jason Hazeley have teamed up and written humour books together as well as contributing to a revived series of Spitting Image. Nico has recently made the difficult switch from Pesto Pasta to Kimchi Rice.
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