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Articles of Faith
This collection of Russell Brand's columns for The Guardian not only follows the drama and tumult of the domestic and international football season but also a season in the life of one of our most celebrated comic talents.Brand chronicles events both on and off the pitch as he travels between Upton Park and Hollywood. In his literary riffings, football legends and newfound...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
June 3rd 2010
by HarperCollins Publishers
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My wife kindly picked this up for me. I say kindly, as she meant well. The warning signs should have been there: it was 49p in a discount store, and it's a celebrity writing about football.
I've read Russell Brand's Booky Wook and found that ok, so I thought nothing ventured nothing gained. BIG mistake.
In the introduction he states that it's a collection of previously published newspaper columns, and that he doesn't care what the reader makes of that, as you've already paid for the book, and if y...more
I've read Russell Brand's Booky Wook and found that ok, so I thought nothing ventured nothing gained. BIG mistake.
In the introduction he states that it's a collection of previously published newspaper columns, and that he doesn't care what the reader makes of that, as you've already paid for the book, and if y...more
though not an English football fan, as a Russell Brand fan, i still appreciated reading his observations via his weekly column, especially when they strayed from the football topic. That said though, some football observation were right on and the same despite the code you may chose to follow - eg "football gives us a common language... What you're actually doing is submerging your identity as an individual into a whole that is common to us all. Separation is an illusion and in a game that is bu...more
It's a bit boring unless you're a die hard West Ham fan.
Brand is a funny, surprisingly insightful and intelligent writer. I really liked it!
Mar 01, 2013
Catrina Donnelly
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Russell Edward Brand is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. Brand dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka." Brand's current style consists of black eyeliner, drainpipe jeans, Beatle boots, and long, sha...more
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Russell Edward Brand is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. Brand dresses in a flamboyant bohemian fashion describing himself as looking like an "S&M Willy Wonka." Brand's current style consists of black eyeliner, drainpipe jeans, Beatle boots, and long, sha...more
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“Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in spiritual pain once more - 'damn you tiny assassin, clad in yellow and black, how I crave my former innocence where melancholy was my only trial'.”
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