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Graham Linehan’s Book

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PretzelKnot · 14/09/2023 05:17

Tough Crowd, due out 12 October. I’m delighted to see this. He is such a good writer and has sacrificed so much in defence of women’s rights and reality itself. Hope it’s a smash hit.

https://x.com/glinner/status/1702078826543448552?s=61&t=NHDSDk1MaF98_GOtcuLi0Q

https://x.com/glinner/status/1702078826543448552?s=61&t=NHDSDk1MaF98_GOtcuLi0Q

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BoreOfWhabylon · 14/09/2023 13:32

Preordered on Amazon. I want to be sure I can leave a review.

Well done @Glinner, I predict the sales will be massive!

He's going to be at Let Women Speak in Dublin tomorrow too
https://www.youtube.com/live/N2ncFDdoXgc?si=kFxH-T-ULpmqJOks

Before you continue to YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/live/N2ncFDdoXgc?si=kFxH-T-ULpmqJOks

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 14/09/2023 12:58

Good to know Richard Ayoade didn’t find himself in an Ethical Pickle over it 😊

TommyNever · 14/09/2023 12:55

Glinner is one of the rare male heroes of the day and a fine and funny man to boot.

I'll be ordering my copy even though the reading of it will inevitably be anger-inducing, due to the extremely unjust treatment he's scored for standing up for justice, reality and sanity.

Maaate · 14/09/2023 12:37

MenopauseSucks · 14/09/2023 11:00

Ayoade's brother in law is Lawrence Fox so he'll be used to a bit of hassle!

The TRAs are using that to attack him.

You know how hot they are on guilt by association.

BloodyHellKen · 14/09/2023 12:23

Pringlebeak · 14/09/2023 10:35

Delurking to say I'm disappointed to find out Matt Berry chucked him under a bus. I've always liked Matt Berry.

Oh no, that is very disappointing 🙁

duc748 · 14/09/2023 12:04

Great to hear this, a bit of good news on MN this morning. Lets hope it encourages others to be a bit braver. Will be buying, of course.

teawamutu · 14/09/2023 11:57

Abhannmor · 14/09/2023 10:34

O Briain is a militant atheist and seems to have a carefully curated set of values which he bought as a job lot. Some religious people have reservations about giving puberty blockers to children. Pfft! What would these fools know?

But wait.....lots of religious 'folk' in the USA 🇺🇸 approve of puberty blockers. 'God gave us a little girl - not a gay boy. Praise be'

Meh , that goes on Dara's ignore list.

Values as a job lot - nailed it! God I love MN.

Mauricemossy · 14/09/2023 11:53

Positanoprincipessa · 14/09/2023 10:48

I don’t think you can review a book on Amazon unless you bought it on Amazon so the giant blue haired pronoun babies won’t be able to leave a one star review unless they part with their cash!!

Have preordered and can’t wait to read it!

You can but sometimes Amazon limit it to amazon purchases as they did with the book " when kids say they're trans"

WitchWitchWitch1 · 14/09/2023 11:53

Bloody brilliant. Just ordered a signed copy. Hope it tops the Christmas best seller lists.

ScribblingPixie · 14/09/2023 11:45

I don’t share any views that the writer has

Really? No views at all? I find that unlikely.

CecilyStreet · 14/09/2023 11:40

SequinsandStiIettos · 14/09/2023 11:39

Matt Berry said the IT crowd episode was of its time and he did not align with Graham now. “I don’t condone anything that that comedy portrayed, you know? I don’t share any views that the writer has.”

Cowardly little weasel.

SequinsandStiIettos · 14/09/2023 11:39

Matt Berry said the IT crowd episode was of its time and he did not align with Graham now. “I don’t condone anything that that comedy portrayed, you know? I don’t share any views that the writer has.”

GrandmaMazur · 14/09/2023 11:35

Did Matt Berry throw Glinner under the bus? I seem to remember Graham saying that MB had been supportive. What did I miss?

Fubbs · 14/09/2023 11:30

Bought from the publisher for me, even though postage was £15 to RoI - eek!

Preordered from Amazon for DH for Christmas. (Ordered Roisin's album while I was there too.) I've never (deliberately!) bought two copies of a book before, certainly not a hardback, but happy to do this for GL!

Will also ask my library to stock it.

Brewdug · 14/09/2023 11:22

Definitelyrandom · 14/09/2023 10:37

Ordered direct from the publisher - not least because they'll get more of the profits than if it's bought from Amazon or Waterstones.

The publisher will also need support. If these people think Hachette should bend to their will and ditch JKR, they'll for sure think they have the right bash the brains out of a smaller fish.

All power to Glinner's publisher for getting this out there.

Lilifer · 14/09/2023 11:09

I would love to buy this for my relatives and friends but unfortunately I have found that whenever I have brought up this topic they pay lip service to saying how dreadful it it is (maybe just to shut me up) and then rapidly change the subject, I send them links to articles and you tube interviews with GC people only to get radio silence back from them, they never ever get back to me to say oh yeah that was an interesting read/listen. It is like they would rather pretend it's all just not happening - and that really upsets me as I find it cowardly and I just wish they would wake the hell up, peak, feel the same way that I do!

MenopauseSucks · 14/09/2023 11:00

Ayoade's brother in law is Lawrence Fox so he'll be used to a bit of hassle!

Jackydaytona · 14/09/2023 11:00

I really recommend michelle wolfs new series on netflix btw...

Jackydaytona · 14/09/2023 10:59

Thanks...just pre ordered it

SomersetBrie · 14/09/2023 10:58

Positanoprincipessa · 14/09/2023 10:48

I don’t think you can review a book on Amazon unless you bought it on Amazon so the giant blue haired pronoun babies won’t be able to leave a one star review unless they part with their cash!!

Have preordered and can’t wait to read it!

I am pretty sure you can.
You obviously can't comment on delivery, postage, etc. but content reviews are fine.
I'll be reviewing on there (5 stars) the second I could feasibly have read it. And I won't be buying it there

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 14/09/2023 10:57

We all know that the TRAs will now be coming after RA for his praise of a brilliant writer for his brilliant writing abilities.

Like with JKR making very basic comments about women's rights and them morphing that to 'she hates trans people'. This must surely be the basis of #nodebate - as it's impossible to debate opinions and circumstances that only exist in your own head. I used to laugh at The Self-Righteous Brothers in The Fast Show, who would angrily tell of the revenge they would exact on people IF they happened to do a phenomenally unlikely act that would upset them. As fictional absurdist comedy, it was very amusing...

Do these people never feel at all embarrassed at showing themselves up in the spotlight with having no critical thinking or comprehension skills at all? They make me think of a pained wild animal with a thorn in its foot, who then tries to attack a person who is trying to remove it for them - because they don't know any better.

How can somebody so confidently and arrogantly pillory somebody for something they have provably never done? If they weren't so dangerous and believed beyond all evidence, I'd just be shaking my head and cringeing for them.

Abhannmor · 14/09/2023 10:51

I'm boycotting Amazon. Probably ordering from Blackwells. Like other posters not sure which is best from a publicity angle ; a bookshop or the publisher?

Positanoprincipessa · 14/09/2023 10:48

I don’t think you can review a book on Amazon unless you bought it on Amazon so the giant blue haired pronoun babies won’t be able to leave a one star review unless they part with their cash!!

Have preordered and can’t wait to read it!

usernother · 14/09/2023 10:48

Christmas presents sorted

bellinisurge · 14/09/2023 10:45

Kind of tempted to order on Amazon and give it a five star review after I've read it. To counter the inevitable bullshit reviews by TRAs who haven't read it