A Gentleman's Bedside Book

by Tom Cutler

Includes such entries as: human anatomy for the practical man; the most frequent dream subjects; delicious caustic curries you can make; emergency meals from nowhere; shaving - top tips from the pros; deerstalkers and why they matter; how to grow a dashing moustache; how to open a Champagne bottle with a sword; and, more.

Genres: Nonfiction

310 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Tom Cutler is a bestselling British author. After a curious career in book and magazine publishing, and having built up a lifetime's scar tissue, he decided to launch himself as a humorous writer upon a reading public that had done nothing to hurt him.

Tom's books cover a variety of subjects, including language, sex, and music. Among his several international bestsellers are, A Gentleman's Bedside Book and the Amazon number-one blockbuster, 211 Things A Bright Boy Can Do. His work has been translated into several languages.

Tom is a practising magician and member of the Magic Circle, as well as a longstanding Sherlock Holmes aficionado. He has always known that there is something strange about the way he relates to the world, but it was only in 2016, at the age of 56, that he was formally identified as being on the autism spectrum. This, he says, was the happiest day of his life.

His latest book, Keep Clear: my adventures with Asperger's, is out now.

Reviews

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

A funny book with some interesting stories about Operation Mincemeat (the British dropping a dead body into the Spanish Sea to divert the Germans away from Sicily), geographical facts about Europe being smaller than Australia, and summary of the funniest accidental newspaper headlines.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting bits, some not so interesting bits

[Borislav Stefanov · Rating 3 out of 5]

As it name suggests, this book should be read by the bedside in small doses. It contains about 100 short stories, covering diverse subjects from cars, through Casanova and other great lovers in history, to topics such as how to iron your shirt and how to swallow a swords (though, if you ask me, don't try this anyway).

What I did not quite understand is how the topics themselves were chosen, but as a fan of trivia and useless, but interesting bits of information on all subjects, I enjoyed reading it nevertheless. Tom Cutler's sense of humor (and sarcasm) is great, though from time to time it felt a bit forced.

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very good for exactly what its title suggests, it is a book to be read in small doses either in bed, or dare i suggest in the bathroom!

It contains some interesting facts, stories and information which appear well researched and which are presented in an informative, interesting way. The author attempts to throw in a little humour along the way, but this sometimes seems like an afterthought and something the publishers told him to do. The ebook version i read (from Amazon) has some basic editing errors such as numbers in lists being wrong which was distracting.

Overall a good, informative book for short dose reading and great if these sort of books float your boat.

[Druss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some interesting facts and stories. Light but readable.