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Work! Consume! Die!
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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Summary
Brace yourself, Frankie’s back, and he’s more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.
There are fears that this Christmas could see the start of a double-dip recession, or worse still a double-dip-with-misery-sprinkles and f**k-where’s-my-job?-sauce. Why not chuckle into the howling void as taloned fingers reach up to consume you with Frankie Boyle’s new book, Work! Consume! Die!
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- Charlie Sheen’s life consists of going on huge drug benders with groups of porn stars. If he straightened himself out he could have a really mediocre career as a bit-part Hollywood actor. Playing the role of Martin Sheen’s corpse. He’s crazy like a fox! And also actually crazy. What a tragic waste, not being Charlie Sheen is. How majestic it will be for him to die, possibly quite soon, knowing that when they make a movie of his life, it will be a porno.
- The X Factor will be allowed to show product placements. That’s powerful advertising. Last series I realised that looking at the judges alone had made me subconsciously buy a gnome, a scrag-end of mutton, a vacuous mannequin and a suspected gay.
- The Taliban are running out of bullets. Operation "Get our troops to absorb them with their bodies" is finally paying off. The Taliban are finding it impossible to get hold of essential supplies – at last we’re fighting on equal terms. But let’s not get complacent. Just because they’re running out of bullets we mustn’t assume our boys won’t get shot. Remember, the US troops have still got plenty.
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- T.
- 04-01-12
Superb !
Uncomfortable, line-crossing, irreverent, foul mouthed creativity at its best which is no doubt illegal in places! And Supurb!!
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- Joe
- 28-01-12
Maybe Frankie should have read it.
I like Frankie Boyle, like many people I've enjoyed watching him pushing comedy to the limits of what is socially acceptable, however... there's a point at which amusing irony crosses over to the realms of acidic diatribe and that is precisely what happens with this book. Maybe Frankie's problem is that he loses the non verbal part of speech and the body language that make him funny in person.
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- Mike
- 16-12-11
Wow! Frankie has a soul after all - called "Angus"
I read Frankie's first book and like most people concluded I wouldn't want to live next door to him. With this book, a mix of anecdotes, diary items and flights of imagination - all interwoven - it's not always obvious moment to moment whether the stories are real or imagined. Nevertheless, after reading it, I liked the author a lot more and recognised that he is indeed far more rich - in money and mind - than some of his other works suggest. Well written in a highly accessible non-writerly way, well spoken by the narrator too, who somehow channels much of Frankie's spirit and manner without actually attempting an impersonation. An interesting book that sticks in the mind and not the craw.
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- Anthony S
- 17-01-21
should've read the description first.
good book but I was expecting Frankie himself to be reading it. lazy ginger prick. 😂
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- Lee T.
- 25-03-20
terrible. couldnt finish
nothing like i was expecting. frankie boyle at his worst. didnt finish as boref witless
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- Kris
- 27-04-16
An insight into Franky's twisted outlook......
This isn't a book filled with mock the week type gag's. Boyle delivers his outlook on the entertainment business, politics, foreign affairs and the economy. The book does digress off to
some hilarious stories and anecdotes some of which make you think if Boyle is clinically sane. Boyle doesn't narrate this audiobook but don't let that put you off as the voice actor nails it!
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- Paul
- 21-10-12
No, no, no!
I'm a huge fan of Frankie Boyle. I just couldn't get into this. I'm keeping it as I'll keep trying. I must be missing something given some of the other reviews!
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- Hallam
- 21-02-16
Funny and interesting perspectives
The narrator was a great choice, and it was just as good on second listening. I don't know if Frankie is an acquired, but his dark humor really speaks to me.
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- Jarrod
- 24-09-12
Classic Boyle
If you could sum up Work! Consume! Die! in three words, what would they be?
Frankie Boyle Rules
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If you're familiar with Frankie then you know what you're getting into; if unsure maybe check him out on YouTube to see that he's the right fit for you. Great price!
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- Rhiannon
- 30-11-11
Skip the audiobook, buy the real thing.
Hilarious, exactly what you would expect from Frankie Boyle. However, I ended up having to read my friend's copy because of the bad choice of narrator.
Apparently they just decided to get any ol' Scottish person to do it. His voice keeps dropping out mid-word, making it difficult to understand. The narrator has no sense of comedy intonation. After ten minutes, I gave up because I was crossing between trying to understand what word he had just said and trying not to fall asleep.
A good paper book, not a very good audiobook.