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For Crying Out Loud: The World According to Clarkson v. 3 (World According to Clarkson 3)

by: Jeremy Clarkson

October 02, 2008
This book is brilliant for some me-time/time-wasting evenings. I read it over two short evenings when my husband was gaming on the X-Box. It would be equally good on holiday instead of chick-lit or on a wet Saturday afternoon when the children often need attention and you don't want to get into a gripping novel. The chapters are short and therefore not so involved that you want to carry on reading to the exclusion of all else. The book is sometimes informative, but often so laugh-out-loud that the afore-mentioned husband looked away from his gaming a number of times to ask what I had just read.

In short, not great literature (I don't imagine that Mr. Clarkson intended it to be so), but funny, escapist and a great way to fill in ... Read More:

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And Another Thing: v. 2: The World According to Clarkson: v. 2

by: Jeremy Clarkson

October 04, 2007
Even though Clarkson himself says so ("Good God I love being middle class") the truth is much more inspiring and it's nice to see how modest he is. Truth is, he's actually working class but has come into a lot of money using his talents over the years.

If you want to see where the magic is, check out this literaly goliath!

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The World According to Clarkson

by: Jeremy Clarkson

May 26, 2005
This isn't so much a laugh out loud funny book but more the kind where you can appreciate some of his silly, OTT views. Clarkson has a gift for phrases and while a lot of it is sneering, it is enjoyable sneering from someone who doesn't take himself too seriously.

This is best delved into while having a meditative dump.

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Don't Stop Me Now

by: Jeremy Clarkson

May 01, 2008
I went to school with him, and contrary to what he says in the Sunday Times, he was expelled for smoking dope at the prep school !
I am a fan , however; Top gear is great and his books are good fun to read but give me a break , they are all the same !
I live abroad , but when I come back to visit I like to go into the big bookshops and am invariably bombarded with the latest Jeremy Clarkson offering. This is getting annoying .

However funny he might be , there is only so much that can be written about cars, late seventies rock music and what there is still good about England.

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Born to be Riled

by: BBC Books, Jeremy Clarkson

October 04, 2007
This book then, Born to be Riled, is absolutely fantastic.

I have to say, this book is one of the best in the Clarkson series. I read the paperback version of this one, but also own the hardback version due to someone's error on eBay. Don't worry, though, I did get Clarkson's Motorworld hardback book which I actually ordered but got to keep B.T.B.R as well (haha, eBay loser!)

This book is unutterably fantastic. It includes all of Clarkson's usual wit, sarcasm and exaggeration.
His sense of humour is out of this world funny.
I still maintain he should become a guest on Mock the Week.

From cover to cover there'll be a smile on your face from ear to ear that'll cut your face clean in half.

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I Know You Got Soul

by: Jeremy Clarkson

May 25, 2006
Okay, I'm only 12 years old. But, I've grown out of Beano (as you've probably gathered by this review). I Know You Got Soul is a riveting read. Magnificently written in every way. If I was a critic, and by no means am I, I'm certain I couldn't find a flaw with it.

This book is a compilation of 21 marvellous machines that have something that other machines just haven't got. The list includes Concorde, the AK47, the Spitfire, Yamato, the Millennium Falcon, the B-52, the Graf Zeppelin and many others. As soon as I started reading this book, I could see where he was coming from.
In this spectacular read, Clarkson explains the machines that he thinks have soul, and he's not afraid to tell you what doesn't.
With his usual style, wit, unruly humour, and plain exagerration, ... Read More:

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Motorworld

by: Jeremy Clarkson

August 31, 2006
3.5 stars really. The author is fun to watch in action on TV. He is not afraid to speak his mind and has a unique turn of phrase when critcally examining something. He writes in much the same way. In fact, you sometimes catch yourself reading like Clarkson talks - complete with the pregnant pauses!

A light-hearted read, really. I did find some of the explanations/comments frustrating though. There is a chapter on Australia with a few outlandish statements that could be read as fact when they're not. Outlandish statements are, of course, pure, classic Clarkson but it got me thinking what else in the book (several countries I am not too familiar with) was really an embellishment - a "Clarksonism".

But then, that'd be regarding this book seriously which it certainly ... Read More:

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Clarkson on Cars

by: Jeremy Clarkson

August 31, 2006
Ok, so its obvious, but its about the most important point. This book is a collection of very short articles from JC. That means you can enjoy a few and not be so into some others, they contain a few good lines, a few amusing points of view and at no point are they actually rubbish.

The problem for me is the fact its a set of distinctly individual pieces, its not a proper book, its a scrapbook of JC's lifetime in his chosen profession. If you worship him and have been around for the whole time, then its probably going to strike a chord, if however neither apply to you, its just a couple of chuckles you will get. That's not going to see you through the whole book without some determination.

You can not be engrossed, you can not become immersed in a story, you cannot try and ... Read More:

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And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson Volume Two: Vol. two

by: Jeremy Clarkson

October 26, 2006
Even though Clarkson himself says so ("Good God I love being middle class") the truth is much more inspiring and it's nice to see how modest he is. Truth is, he's actually working class but has come into a lot of money using his talents over the years.

If you want to see where the magic is, check out this literaly goliath!

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Don't Stop Me Now

by: Jeremy Clarkson

October 04, 2007
I went to school with him, and contrary to what he says in the Sunday Times, he was expelled for smoking dope at the prep school !
I am a fan , however; Top gear is great and his books are good fun to read but give me a break , they are all the same !
I live abroad , but when I come back to visit I like to go into the big bookshops and am invariably bombarded with the latest Jeremy Clarkson offering. This is getting annoying .

However funny he might be , there is only so much that can be written about cars, late seventies rock music and what there is still good about England.