The worst date ever
or how it took a comedy writer to expose Africa's secret war
war crimes, Hollywood heart-throbs and other abominations
av Jane Bussmann (forfatter).
2010 Heftet
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When scriptwriter Jane Bussmann ("South Park", "The Fast Show", "Brass Eye" and "Smack the Pony") moved to Hollywood, it was supposed to be the start of something better. But a day job interviewing Paris, Britney and Co. left her trapped in the Golden Age of Stupid. Then she saw a photograph of John Prendergast in Vanity Fair. His day job was ending war. He was also extremely attractive. Jane 'may have inferred she was a Foreign Correspondent', because suddenly she found herself on route to Africa on the trail of this modern-day Indiana Jones. There was one problem: when she got to Uganda John had left. Alone in a war-torn country, appalled by 25,000 child abductions, Jane must investigate the war crime of the century - to make John fancy her. Combining a maverick heroine, an idealist hero, comic disasters and moving tragedy, this is brilliant storytelling by a hugely talented writer. 'Jane Bussmann's romantic odyssey from Hollywood to Uganda is the funniest thing we've ever read' - "Instyle Hot List". 'a marvellously maverick approach to the investigation of war crimes' - Marie Claire, "Five Stars". 'Imagine "The Last King of Scotland" written by Shazzer from "Bridget Jones' Diary", and you'd still only get halfway to appreciating Jane Bussmann's funny, incongruous and artlessly perceptive account...this is one of the funniest books I've read for a long while' - "The Sunday Times". 'hilarious and heart-wrenching' - "The Spectator".
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When scriptwriter Jane Bussmann (South Park, The Fast Show, Brass Eye and Smack the Pony) moved to Hollywood, it was supposed to be the start of something better. But a day job interviewing Paris, Britney and Co. left her trapped in the Golden Age of Stupid. Then she saw a photograph of John Prendergast in Vanity Fair. His day job was ending war. He was also extremely attractive. Jane 'may have inferred she was a Foreign Correspondent', because suddenly she found herself on route to Africa on the trail of this modern-day Indiana Jones. There was one problem: when she got to Uganda John had left. Alone in a war-torn country, appalled by 25,000 child abductions, Jane must investigate the war crime of the century -- to make John fancy her. Combining a maverick heroine, an idealist hero, comic disasters and moving tragedy, this is brilliant storytelling by a hugely talented writer. 'Jane Bussmann's romantic odyssey from Hollywood to Uganda is the funniest thing we've ever read.' Instyle Hot List 'a marvellously maverick approach to the investigation of war crimes.' Marie Claire Five Stars 'Imagine The Last King of Scotland written by Shazzer from Bridget Jones's Diary, and you'd still only get halfway to appreciating Jane Bussmann's funny, incongruous and artlessly perceptive account...this is one of the funniest books I've read for a long while' The Sunday Times 'hilarious and heart-wrenching' The Spectator
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Utgivelsesår 2010
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9780330457651
EAN 9780330457651
Omtalt sted Uganda
Språk Engelsk
Utgave 1
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Ragnhild SL siterer The worst date ever av Jane Bussmann (side 170)
20:43, 9. mars 2011 1 har det som favoritt.
Rebecca had had her retirement plans shelved by AIDS. I could be wrong, but I'd read that the man George Bush put in charge of foreign aid had the chance to make AIDS drugs affordable in Africa. However, the unfortunately named Andrew Natsios said it would have been irresponsible, because these drugs need to be taken at the same time every day. He really did mean Africans couldn't tell the time.
Ragnhild SL siterer The worst date ever av Jane Bussmann (side 280)
20:47, 9. mars 2011 1 har det som favoritt.
There was barely any logic left in the atmosphere at all. Perhaps while I'd been away there had been a secret laboratory accident in Silicone Valley and some stoned maths students had blown a hole in the world's rationale.
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