Make 'Em Pay: Ultimate Revenge Techniques for the Master Trickster

by George Hayduke

A book of ultimate revenge techniques from a master trickster--over 130 topics arranged alphabetically to find the appropriate dirty trick, scheme, or stunt for any special target.

Genres: Humor

209 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1986

Reviews

[Hal Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked these books a lot better when I was in junior high and had no reality principle and was unaware that most of these techniques would never work, and that anyone who tried them would immediately be arrested.

Still, it's fun to pretend that there exists a world where "Haydukers" go around meting out righteous vengeance with impunity. Hayduke's huckster prose style and recurring cast of ne'er-do-wells don't hurt.

[Benjamin Uke · Rating 2 out of 5]

This feels like you printed off a bunch of 4-chan green texts, boiled them down into an edgelord-resin, and smoked it.

Finally, something that says what people who aren't thinking are thinking.Essentially a bunch of revenge fantasies, in list form, that wouldn't work. This would have appealed to the edgy younger teenage self I am embarrassed of.

[James Badger · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little outdated, but a fun and funny read. There's a lot of stuff in here that seems fake, but I didn't read this book for actual ideas about revenge. One of my friends used to be all up in this kinda stuff back in the day. This book reminds me of all the pranks we used to pull all over our neighborhood. While this is far from practical reading, it does answer the question, "What did 1980's counter culture look like?" This is pretty much it.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course I thought this book was great when I was really young. When my dad bought this book, I doubt he thought I would sneek off with it and get really bad ideas. Filled with lots of passive-aggressive revenge techniques that seem rather dated in this modern age.