French
DeutschA Local Book for Local People
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Set in | Royston Vasey |
| Published | 2000 (4th Estate) |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-1-84115-346-9 |
| OCLC | 59573688 |
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into The League of Gentlemen. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2025. |
A Local Book For Local People is a 2000 book by the British comedy team behind The League of Gentlemen. It is similar to comedy books by Monty Python and The Goodies in that it is a collection of loose material collected in a scrap book format. The material is connected by Tubbs, who has found the various snippets on the moors.
The Local Book is notable in that the material is much more risqué than the television series.
Reception
[edit]Mark Sanderson of the Evening Standard called the book "handsomely produced".[1] The Courier-Mail reviewer John Cokley found the book to be "rude, lewd, obscene, anti-nature, satirical, hardly funny".[2] David Chapman of Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications found the book to have "a peculiar Pandora's box" of various items.[3]
Chris Titley, a writer for the The Press, thought Local Book was "the most imaginative of the TV books" in the vein of the trademark Monty Python humor.[4] Leicester Mercury said of the book, "you'll just laugh. Unstoppably, hysterically."[5] Martin Rowson of The Independent found the work to be "over-produced and over-designed to the point of total unreadability" and recommended against reading it.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Sanderson, Mark (18 December 2000). "Laugh? I nearly bought the book". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cokley, John (11 March 2001). "lots of trouble". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Chapman, David (22 November 2000). "Of local interest only". Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Titley, Chris (6 December 2000). "Books for all". The Press. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "An Offer You Can't Refuse". Leicester Mercury. 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Rowson, Martin (3 December 2000). "Humour: Martin Rowson's heroic six-year campaign to stop useless TV tie-ins is finally starting to pay off". The Independent. ProQuest 311822894. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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