F--k: An Irreverent History of the F-Word - Rufus Lodge - 2013







By: Rufus Lodge

Narrated by: Richard E Grant

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: September 26, 2013

Language: English

Genre: Humor, History

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Format: mp3 64/44.1 stereo



Publisher's Summary



An amusing, informative, controversial and utterly irreverent history of the world's favourite word. F, U, C and K - four letters that can cause outrage, scandal, embarrassment or instant relief if you hit your thumb with a hammer.



In this wide-ranging and frequently hilarious history of the F-word, Rufus Lodge searches out the origins of our language's most popular obscenity, and chronicles its dramatic arrival in our everyday lives. As he discovers, the F-word can be heard among aristocrats and astronauts, rock stars and royals, poets and politicians, even in the company of Father Ted and Basil Brush. No-one is safe from the F-word's outrageous progress, as innocent animals, fragrant mothers, and squeaky-clean TV hosts are dragged into the fray.



The cast of characters includes Shakespeare, the Beatles, Andy Murray, T.S. Eliot, Elton, Camilla, and everyone unfortunate enough to live in an Austrian town with a very embarrassing name. F*** is a cavalcade of priceless anecdotes, historical research, filthy jokes and definitions too devious for any decent dictionary - guaranteed to make you laugh, and broaden your vocabulary*.



* The publisher takes no responsibility for any embarrassment caused when listeners drop the F-bomb after hearing this book.



©2013 Rufus Lodge (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited



Critic Reviews



"I love this book. It's guaranteed to be a bestseller." (Richard E Grant)

"No book in history has used the word so often: five, six, seven times per page." (Times Literary Supplement)











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