The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures
Stephen Pile
- THE
- SUNDAY
- TIMES
- HUMOUR
- BOOK
- OF
- THE
- YEAR
'One
- of
- the
- few
- books
- to
- make
- me
- laugh
- out
- loud'
- Sunday
- Express
With
- Stephen
- Pile's
- The
- Ultimate
- Book
- of
- Heroic
- Failures,
- celebrate
- the
- very
- best
- in
- failure
- with
- this
- all
- new
- collection
- of
- outrageously
- funny
- misadventures
- from
- the
- author
- of
- the
- classic
- number
- one
- bestseller
-
- The
- Book
- of
- Heroic
- Failures.
Anyone
- can
- be
- a
- success,
- but
- it
- takes
- real
- and
- original
- genius
- to
- foul
- up
- big
- time.
- These
- are
- the
- all-time
- greats,
- Gods
- in
- the
- field
- of
- failure,
- surreal
- artists,
- who
- spurn
- mere
- drab
- success
- ('I'm
- a
- winner,
- Lord
- Sugar')
- to
- explore
- the
- vast,
- magical,
- life-enhancing
- possibilities
- of
- getting
- it
- wrong.
- Any
- of
- us
- could
- make
- a
- mistake,
- but
- these
- great
- souls
- can
- turn
- the
- simplest
- everyday
- task
- into
- a
- scene
- of
- jaw-dropping
- wonder.
- These
- are
- the
- immortals.
Failure
- is
- everywhere.
- The
- Book
- of
- Heroic
- Failures,
- takes
- us
- on
- an
- all-new
- and
- mind-bendingly
- hilarious
- tour
- to
- celebrate
- the
- most
- spectacular
- and
- absurd
- failures
- of
- the
- last
- twenty-five
- years.
- There
- are
- 235
- stories
- in
- total
- spread
- from
- the
- Outer
- Hebrides
- to
- America,
- Ireland,
- Australia,
- Europe
- and
- Africa.
From
- the
- most
- driving
- test
- failures
- (959),
- the
- most
- pointless
- election
- (in
- Dakota,
- in
- which
- not
- even
- the
- mayor
- voted),
- the
- worst
- robbery
- (when
- two
- different
- sets
- of
- bank
- robbers
- struck
- simultaneously)
- and
- the
- worst
- mugger
- (who
- left
- his
- victim
- $250
- better
- off),
- to
- the
- holidaying
- rugby
- team
- of
- fifty-somethings
- from
- Dorchester
- who,
- due
- to
- a
- mis-translation,
- ended
- up
- playing
- the
- top
- team
- from
- Romania
- live
- on
- state
- TV,
- this
- is
- the
- ultimate
- book
- to
- make
- you
- feel
- better
- about
- yourself
- and
- the
- world
- around you.
