The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes, Wisecracks, Quips and Quotes

The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes, Wisecracks, Quips and Quotes

Revised and updated Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Looking for a good joke? Searching for an ice-breaker for that after-dinner speech? Or are you just in need of a few laughs?

Then stop! Your search is over. This book is the finest, funniest collection of gags, rib-ticklers and plain silly one-liners ever to find themselves squeezed inside the covers of a book. Organised by subject matter (from Absence - via Insults - to Writers) and containing side-splitters stolen from such wits as Groucho Marx, Orson Welles, Mark Twain and P. J. O'Rourke, among many, many others, this book will ensure that people will feel compelled to laugh at you wherever you go.

A treasure trove of wit covering all walks of life, The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes is the perfect joke book for all occasions.

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Penguin Books

The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141044545
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
Edition: Revised and updated Edition
DEWEY: 828.02
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 310
Weight: 238g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 19mm