Graham Linehan’s Book

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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

Not yet. OH ordered it and he hasn't set up the junk mail facility yet so gets everything.

It's good to know the publisher is overwhelmed, isn't it.

Perhaps it's not too late to cancel the order from Amazon and reorder from Eye Books?

Sorry, I slightly misquoted what they said. The gist was correct though.

Bless him. He will have RSI from all the signing. I hope he and the publishers make a fortune.

Just checked my Junk folder, and there it is! Signed copy on the way. Woot! 😃

I've just found mine in the junk folder too. Woohoo!

I'll have to wait until Friday (payday) but will order direct from the publisher then. Thank you @glinner.

Mine also in the junk folder, whoop!

I’ve ordered directly from the publisher too.

Does anyone know how many books it takes to become a runaway best seller? 10,000?

I hope Glinner’s heart lifts a little when he sees the the growing support materialising into book sales.

Perhaps a bunch have been bought by tras so they can burn them 😁

I love that on amazon it recommended buying it with JK's new book as they are commonly bought together!

I had a look at 'customers also bought'. By page 4 it's unflavoured toothpaste and peppermint tea bags. The 'Gay Shame' book looks interesting. Yay, Roisin Murphy.

I will do this! Thank you x

The delivery message has arrived now. Looking forward to reading this.

Got my delivery message too which I sent back a supportive message to. It's my early Christmas present to myself 😀

More to the point, I hope his bank balance lifts massively.

Both because he bloody deserves it, but because a runaway profitable success will help the publishers and maybe other companies will see and get a bit braver.

I got same email from Dan Hiscocks. So the book can't be despatched til October 8th. Signed. It sounds like it is selling well. Had a quick sconce at Amazon and they seem to be doing their best to bury it. Pushing the usual crap stocking fillers.

Perhaps they took fright when it was # 2 in pre orders ?

Even though I've not read this yet, I bet it would make great TV, or even a film or a play. Could be a double bill with the Father Ted musical.

I think I will suggest it next time it’s my choice at book club.

Oh that's brilliant

I ordered the Kindle version from Amazon so I wouldn't have seen this so thanks very much for sharing it!

Utter prick

It would. A sort of docudrama maybe. I'm old enough to remember hard hitting plays getting commissioned. The likes of David Hare , Ken Loach or Mike Leigh would tackle awkward subjects.

One thing for sure , it won't be ruined by Hollywood. Because they won't touch it.

On the subject of intelligent, science-driven men, I'm rapidly losing respect for Dara O'Briain.

Can we actually refer to him as 'science-driven' anymore? Same with Alice Roberts - whenever she comes on TV, I think 'she used to be a scientist'.

Like Robin Ince and de Grasse Tyson. Perhaps, as Max Planck observed , progress happens one funeral at a time. Kids at school today will bin this fad very quickly. More sense than 'science'.

And it took long enough for the world's greatest biologist to come off the fence? Very disappointing.

I've ordered directly from the publisher but didn't see anything about the book being signed. Was it just the first so many ordered?