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Men: A User's Guide
"Why don't women tell jokes?"
"Because we marry them."
Kathy Lette has gathered together the very finest of her sparkling witticisms in this tongue-in-cheek guide to men. Devastatingly funny and more than a little outrageous, Kathy offers up advice ("if he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen"), her inimitable insights into the battle of the sexes ("statistically, 100% of divorces begin with marriage") and some scathing observations of the decidedly less fair sex ("all husbands think they're Gods. If only their wives weren't atheists").
The perfect gift for women who like to shoot straight from the lip.
"Because we marry them."
Kathy Lette has gathered together the very finest of her sparkling witticisms in this tongue-in-cheek guide to men. Devastatingly funny and more than a little outrageous, Kathy offers up advice ("if he wants breakfast in bed, tell him to sleep in the kitchen"), her inimitable insights into the battle of the sexes ("statistically, 100% of divorces begin with marriage") and some scathing observations of the decidedly less fair sex ("all husbands think they're Gods. If only their wives weren't atheists").
The perfect gift for women who like to shoot straight from the lip.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 18, 2010
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About the author
Kathy Lette
62 books249 followersKathy Lette divides her time between being a full time writer,
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 16, 2013
This book is hilariously, deliberately sexist. Sorry boys. Written by author Kathy Lette there are laugh-out-loud pithy quotes on every single page. I was chuckling the whole time I was reading it. It is great to read a book by a funny woman. Divided into chapters it covers the whole gamut of relationships: dating, sex, love, commitment, marriage, domesticity, parenthood, infidelity, divorce, murder, men. However, it reads like a stand up routine with zingers every second line. It is well worth reading for an un-PC laugh.
March 7, 2012
A humorous, flick-through book - had a few laughs.
August 15, 2012
not many laughs in this one. mostly cliches and crass humour.
November 18, 2012
I think I laughed once. I have to admit I skimmed more than half of the book cos it seemed a bit repetitive. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood.
November 23, 2015
I think I enjoy reading Kathy when she is writing in her many columns or as guest writer. I found it a little predictable and skimmed through several sections...
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews