Arthur Matthews' The Cummings Files

[Mobbd]

I haven't read this. Has anyone here given it a go? I'm curious to know if it's as shit as it looks.

https://allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/humour-gift/The-Cummings-Files-CONFIDENTIAL-Arthur-Mathews-9780571365821

In this illuminating collection of diary entries, notes-to-self and crumpled post-its, we reveal what's really going on in the Cummings brain.

Dominic Cummings has a lively mind. He is constantly thinking; planning; coming up with BIG ideas. During a time of momentous events in Britain (Brexit, a General Election, The Covid 19 Pandemic) the Government's chief adviser has been writing down his thoughts - in diaries, blog posts, on post-it notes and any scrap of paper he can find.

Discovered in an abandoned back-pack on a train (was the Government's chief advisor breaking the lockdown regulations for an unnecessary journey? - surely not), we reveal the intriguing contents.

These include:
The full story of those trips to Durham (he travelled up every weekend - once on a horse and cart)
His plans for a biopic of Otto Von Bismarck (starring Sanjeev Bhaskar)
The contents of his 1995 Russian diary (which he planned to destroy)
What happens when you hit Michael Gove over the head with a pencil
His close relationship with the Prime Minister (and reaction to his death when given wrong information by Matt Hancock)

And much, much more....

[imitationleather]

The publisher must be gutted that he's resigned.

[thecuriousorange]

The former Father Ted writer's unexpected new book.

[Fambo Number Mive]

The full story of those trips to Durham (he travelled up every weekend - once on a horse and cart)
His plans for a biopic of Otto Von Bismarck (starring Sanjeev Bhaskar)
The contents of his 1995 Russian diary (which he planned to destroy)
What happens when you hit Michael Gove over the head with a pencil
His close relationship with the Prime Minister (and reaction to his death when given wrong information by Matt Hancock

Looks like another attempt to humanise an utter tosser.

On Amazon.co.uk:

Best Sellers Rank: 11,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
48 in Political Humour (Books)
1,177 in General Humour
1,223 in Humorous Fiction (Books)

You can also get a Cummings calendar if you have £15.95.

[jobotic]

I haven't read this. Has anyone here given it a go? I'm curious to know if it's as shit as it looks.

https://allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/humour-gift/The-Cummings-Files-CONFIDENTIAL-Arthur-Mathews-9780571365821

The very thought of reading that fills me with despair. I reckon you'll be lucky to find anyone to satisfy your curiosity.

James O'Brien will probably have a quote about how hilarious it is along soon.

[Mobbd]

The very thought of reading that fills me with despair.

It does look fairly desso.

[Famous Mortimer]

Looks like another attempt to humanise an utter tosser.

I think you've got it. Be nice if people learned from the current crop of cunts, that we don't need a new crop.

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

It sounds like the kind of thing we could collectively write ourselves in HS Art only ours would be swearier and more biting.

I mean really, is there any need for this kind of Very Secret Diary shite in a world of Twitter memes and Facebook shitpost groups?