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Sod's Law :Why Life Always Lands Butter Side Down
Sod's Law :Why Life Always Lands Butter Side Down
paperback
Published:
1 November, 2009
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Description
To every explorer with his map upside down, to every air-traffic controller suddenly receiving Magic FM through his headphones, to every astronomer whose new planet turns out to be a bit of bran-flake on the eyepiece of his telescope, Sod's Law says: you are not alone.
Sam Leith tells the hilarious - and painful - stories of the unsinkable boat that sunk, the unbeatable horse that lost, and the fireproof theatre that burned to the ground. Sod's Law demonstrates that the entire universe is actually set up to ensure that your toast always lands butter side down and, what's more, that it lands precisely where the cat has shed hair all over the carpet.
In this age of doubt, fewer and fewer of us are able to believe that a higher power takes an interest in our fate. This book reassures us that indeed it does - and that that higher power is hell bent on buggering things up. Only by laughing heartlessly at the misfortunes of others can we make ourselves feel better. Sod's Law enables us to do just that.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781848872301 |
| ISBN10 | 1848872305 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 171 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 13 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
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Author's Bio
Sam Leith was born in 1974. After a long series of other misfortunes, he found himself living in Archway, expecting a child, and out of a job. Before that he was the literary editor of the Daily Telegraph. He is now a freelance journalist. This is his second book. The first did terribly.