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Depraved New World

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Depraved New World

By: John Crace
Narrated by: George Weightman
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AS FEATURED IN WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2023

From bestselling author and beloved Guardian columnist John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour through the whirlwind of post-Brexit Britain, from the ousting of Boris to the dawn of a new era . . . sort of.

O brave new world, that has such people in't. Or not. William Shakespeare clearly had never imagined a clusterf*ck on this scale. Given the state of the country right now, he would be in need of a long lie down.

Another month, another prime minister - how many have we been through now? But fear not: despite all the nonsense that has spewed forth from Westminster over the past two years, John Crace's brilliantly lacerating political sketches have provided the nation with some desperately needed relief.

Taking in everything from Partygate, BoJo's drawn-out farewell and the disastrous reign of Liz Truss, to the
psychodrama of the Tory leadership contest(s), the return of Rishi Sunak and the shenanigans of his impressively inept colleagues, Depraved New World is a worryingly funny collection which captures British politics at its most absurd.

©2023 Guardian Faber Publishing (P)2023 Guardian Faber Publishing Politics & Government Funny Witty Comedy

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The sarcastic satirical characterisations were funny and even though the events happened the satirical story made it worth while and easier to listen to. Loved it!

Brilliant, Satiristic & funny

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Funny and depressing. A perversely enjoyable listen. Most enjoyable in a depraved way.
That’s about 15 words I think.

Excellent

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This an outstanding listen. A scathing, lacerating look at UK politics. It’s also laugh out loud funny at times. Highly recommended. Superb narration - George is such a perfect match for a Crace book. This and the last one with George’s narration is brilliant. I struggled with Crace’s other books due to the awful narration. Message to author - keep the team with George!

Scathing. Funny. Utterly superb.

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I always try
and read the column, great story telling. Keep it up, of all those that deserve it!

I like this style of politically focused humour

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really enjoyed this. engrossing. what I want to know is where they all crawled out of and how come so many at the same time? it's the public schools and prevention is so much better than a cure which might never come at all so while we still have a chance, and counting ourselves so lucky to be rid of them even if we dont have an oxbridge we should nevertheless take no chances and unnediately abolish private education in Ireland before we have same shite here if irs not too late

it must be the schools

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