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Jan 19, 2001 the book is a compendium of the most gifted failures which have been committed, in fields ranging from the most inaccurate value of pithe general assembly of indiana passed a bill ruling that pi was four through the least successful pornographic booksellerwho was fined because his books were not sufficiently pornographic to the least. Stephen pile was previously a journalist for the sunday times and daily telegraph, and is the author of the book of heroic failures. Stephen pile, president of the not terribly good club of great britain and author of the numberone bestseller the book of heroic failures, takes us on an allnew and mindbendingly hilarious tour to celebrate the most spectacular and absurd failures of the last twentyfive years. Its a cheeky paperback hailing from 1979 which celebrates the great failures of ordinary people.
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