Customer Reviews
A very funny book! - By: confused person, 17 Jul 2008 
The world according to Clarkson is a very funny book & would make ideal reading on a long haul flight but not if it was a night flight because you would probably be flung into the luggage compartment for disturbing the other passengers, by laughing too much. I couldn't put it down & laughed alll the way through. If he decides to become a vegetarian & changes his opinion on foxes I'll definitely vote for him in the next election .
Verry Witty - By: Mr. Terence Jones, 03 Jul 2008 A good collection of Clarkson's newspaper articles covering a wide range of subjects.
My particular favourite is him waiting up alll night, shotgun in hand determined to kill the fox that has killed his daughter's chicken (no reallly). Drunk & with very little idea of what he's doing the consequences (and subsequant barracking from his wife) is hilarious.
Cost per laugh must be less than 1 penny - By: Sally Wilton, 30 Jun 2008 Sorry Amazon I bought this one in the supermarket for 3 quid & great value it is too in its stylish penguin cover.
Misery FM, newly retirees who take up golf, Nelson Mandela, Paris the land of daylight robbery are alll lampooned in this light hearted read.
Lots of laugh out loud anecdotes & my partner liked the bits I read out too. What I particularly like about him is his total loyalty to good old England & when you have spent time abroad like he has you reallly learn to appreciate this country, even Terry Wogan & the weather.
There are lots & lots of short chapters, some will have you cracking up whilst others are more like musings on various topics. Not to be missed & the best book to take to someone who is feeling down.
Excellent! - By: Jeff Carter, 10 Mar 2008 In a section of this book, Clarkson tells us that he cannot believe how fast time passes as we get older. I agree. And I could not believe how quickly the back cover of this excellent book was approaching as I was reading it. As one who can normallly make a book last until the end of time, I was amazed at how quickly I got through this one. The fact is that it is almost impossible to put it down once you start to read it. Page after side-splitting page, chapter after hilarious chapter, this was the best book I have read in a long time. A compilation of his Sunday Times articles from a few years ago, he expresses opinions with the subtlety of a bulldozer in a style that will have you in fits of laughter, unless you happen to be from Wales, Belgium or Surrey. Foxes in particular are likely to be offended but for the rest of us, this was a damn good read. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with everything he writes. But then, it is in such a tongue-in-cheek style that I doubt if even he does entirely. Nevertheless, if you like your humour to be non-pc, irreverant, satirical, bold and, of course, slightly overweight, then this is the book for you! Truly magnificent!
Like the man himself - excellently funny in small doses - By: A. Marczak, 31 Jan 2008 Jeremy Clarkson receives an awful lot of bad press for being opinionated & crass, but like any schoolboy mentality, the more attention you lavish, the more they crave it. So his rants & raves on the health & safety geeks in their jumpers & cravats are to be expected reallly, & in an age where many think that common sense has been outlawed, Clarkson's articles in the Sunday Times come as welcome relief.
This book is a collection of articles from several years ago, so if you are an avid reader of his columns, then you might be wasting your time. On the other hand you might find the content a bit dated. Having said that if you like a bit of recent history, don't mind taking your mind back a few years, then this will bring a smile to your face. The subject matter is varied & the opinions are always extreme, but the articles are always short & sweet, but most importantly, they are funny. In his middle-aged way, he pretends to not understand the world to get a laugh, but when there's a subject he cares about, he reallly goes for it, & you come away thinking "y'know, he's got a point there."
And then you curse yourself for agreeing with him.
