The world is an exciting and confusing place for Jeremy Clarkson - a man who can find the overgrown schoolboy in us all. In "The World According to Clarkson", one of the country's funniest comic writers has free reign to expose absurdity, celebrate eccentricity and entertain richly in the process. And the net is cast wide: from the chronic unsuitablity of men to look after children for long periods or as operators of 'white goods', Nimbyism, cricket and PlayStations, to astronomy, David Beckham, 70's rock, the demise of Concorde, the burden of an Eton education and the shocking failure of Tom Clancy to make it on to the Booker shortlist, "The World According to Clarkson" is a hilarious snapshot of the life in the 21st century that will have readers wincing with embarrassed recognition and crying with laughter. It's not about the cars!
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Entertaining stuff, good for toilet reading:
This isn't so much a laugh out loud funny book but more the kind where you can appreciate some of his silly, OTT views. Clarkson has a gift for phrases and while a lot of it is sneering, it is enjoyable sneering from someone who doesn't take himself too seriously. This is best delved into while having a meditative dump.
Love It!!!:
A moment ago, I wrote a review of a CD that was so horrible, I ejected it after the fifth track,and left it on a desk in hopes someone would steal it. Well, now I'm going to review The World According to Clarkson even though I haven't finished it, either. Unfinished, and for a completely different reason. Why? Because I am so thoroughly enjoying this book I'm trying to draaaaag it out to savour as long as possible, and then praying there's a followup book. I only ordered this book because,... more info
Motor wit:
How can you not like anybody who is actually so delightfully and utterly un-PC? Clarkson serves up a collection of his columns and describes anything and everything in his own (sort of) witty, boyish, yobish, chavy, very loud mouthed way. He talkes absolute nonsense most of the time, but it is a different voice amongst the endless masses of political corretness and general niceness that perveates the modern media. Read it for fun, it's a fun read. I must say though, that some of the columns might... more info
A lawn bore writes:
Reading his columns in the Sunday Times and watching Top Gear, I used to find the celebratedly grouchy, reactionary Jeremy Clarkson a refreshing and witty change from the usual political correctness which dominates popular media these days. But then I made the mistake of firstly buying this book - which I discovered too late is just a collection of old columns, some dating back as much as five years, which *really* grate when read back to back, and not a new, much less coherent, body of work - and... more info
