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The Hamster that Loved Puccini
Simon Hoggart
The wonderfully enjoyable sequel to last year’s surprise Christmas bestseller, The Cat that Could Open the Fridge.
Simon Hoggart is back with a new treasure trove of Christmas round robins. And this time, the bête noire of the Christmas post illustrates the seven deadly sins of the middle classes, including boastfulness (dazzlingly clever children who play the saxophone and ski for Britain); smugness (their job, their house, their holidays are all perfect); whimsy (letters written by pets or babies); and the dreaded over-sharing, in which every illness is recounted in minute detail. Accompanied by Hoggart’s wicked commentary, The Hamster that Loved Puccini invites us to ponder what compels people to pen these letters, and what they tell us about them – and ourselves.
From the reviews of The Cat that Could Open the Fridge:
‘As hilarious and scathing as you’d expect from the Guardian sketch writer.’ Vogue
‘The best book of the lot.’ Daily Telegraph, Gift Books for Christmas
About the author
Simon Hoggart writes a weekly diary for the Guardian, and a daily parliamentary sketch. He also writes about wine and TV for the Spectator and is chairman of BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz.
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Hardback
Published November 2005
176 pages
ISBN: 978 1 84354 474 6
RRP: £9.99