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Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy

By: David Mitchell
Narrated by: David Mitchell
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David Mitchell’s 2014 best seller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything’s got worse. We’ve gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from Woolworths going under to all the other shops going under. It’s probably socially irresponsible even to try to cheer up.

But if you’re determined to give it a go, you might enjoy this eclectic collection (or eclection) of David Mitchell’s attempts to make light of all that darkness. Scampi, politics, the Olympics, terrorism, exercise, rude street names, inheritance tax, salad cream, proportional representation and farts are all touched upon by Mitchell’s unremitting laser of chit-chat, as he negotiates a path between the commercialisation of Christmas and the true spirit of Halloween.

Listen to this book and slightly change your life!

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I feel like David Mitchell has externalised my own inner monologue! You’ll know him from Peep Show, or Qi or The Times..

David Mitchell seems to take off where Charlie Brooker left off when he went all black mirror on us. His humour and take on all things from Artex ceilings to brexit makes me happy, as a British expat this is right up my street - a hotline to home.

Listen if you know who David Mitchell is, or if you like things like Gruen/ Shaun Micallef / Charlie Pickering /the chaser but with a UK/EU focus.

Please note, i work for Audible but all my opinions are my own.

A refreshing tonic to the madness

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I've long been a fan of David Mitchell and have read all of his books.
His rants and humorous observations are masterful and gave me plenty of laughs. I had no trouble finishing the book, the time flies by and I'm saddened its finished.
If Im critical on one aspect of the book it's his constant attacks on Brexit and Trump these subjects pop up continuously throughout the book and they made me smile a few times early on but they started getting repetitive and he gets so worked up and serious everytime he brings them up, it just kills the vibe as they go from humorous jibe to sounding more like a shouty millennial university activist.
I know it now sounds like I hate David but I don't, overall I throughly enjoyed the book and I look forward to his next one.

A gifted storyteller.

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Funny and insightful at the same time. If you like soap box you'll love this

Great!

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Great insight given in real terms regarding the true nature of the lying world

Most often occurring policy

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So love hearing his point of views about the important issues. I agree with most of them. Will definitely love listening to it again and his future works. ☺️

David’s best book yet

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While many of the topics discussed are particular to the UK, the themes are universally applicable and David Mitchell’s acerbic wit is a refreshing antidote to the constant folly of modern life.

Prophylactically funny

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Erudite, pointed and relevant , David Mitchell’s take on the English pitical scene is just great.

Great , witty and interesting

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I’ve listed to this about 4 times now. It’s hysterical and clever. David Mitchell’s reading of it makes it.

Fantastic!

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still some truly superb insights and reinforces how sensible the centre is. but many articles are dated and very UK specific so not always particularly relevant for anyone else.

Good, but of course somewhat outdated

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Vignettes of laughter in a very British style. David is very good at examining the British conundrum.

Humorous

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