Scorn

The enduring collection of hilarious insults gets a FRESH NEW LOOK, perfect for Christmas gifting

A totally up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history.'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage 'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' Muhammed Ali Nothing cuts deeper, or provides greater pleasure, than the perfect put-down. When it's directed at someone else. Matthew Parris's sublime collection of the rudest, funniest shin-kicks and barbs in human history, spanning ancient Roman graffiti to social media spats, gleefully cherry-picks the finest work of such masters of scorn as Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth I and A.A. Gill. Together, they offer conclusive proof that verbal abuse can, at its finest, be an exquisite art form.