Giving Out Yards

Giving Out Yards The Art of Complaint, Irish Style

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Giving Out Yards, Tara Flynn puts paid to the long-debated question of what makes us Irish, nailing it in one collective and hilarious grumble-fest. Her razor-sharp wit and keen analysis of those topics that bring us out in a rash - and running to the phone/laptop/neighbour for a healthy dose of spleen-venting - leaves no moan unturned.
Strictly non-solutions-based (if we found those, what on earth would we give out about?), here you'll find plenty of advice on how best to milk your grievances, with handy lists and tips, and a cast of characters including Tom the Taxi Driver, Mairead Who Loves the Sound of Her Own Voice and Ciaran the Keyboard Warrior.
If you can't beat them - 'That shower in the Dail', 'the other shower', the Angelus bongs, cyclists, potholes, the three Ds (drips, drink and drugs), criminals of all collar-hue, to name but a few - then you might as well knock the craic out of them. So look no further: the whine-line is open ...

Book information

ISBN: 9781473622548
Publisher: Hachette Ireland
Imprint: Hachette Books Ireland
Pub date:
DEWEY: 828.9202
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 218g
Height: 199mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 35mm