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The Last Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters
Matt Potter
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Description for The Last Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters
Paperback. An hilarious and illuminating collection of the most cutting, witty and spite filled resignation letters in history, now in paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DQ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
History is written by the winners. It's the faithful servants, the insiders, the ones who stick around, who can adapt to almost any condition that get to write the official histories. They publish the memoirs, park in the directors' spots, erect the statues, form the new governments, wipe out the pockets of resistance, recruit the new starters, set the agendas, talk on the documentaries and retrospectives. Yet theirs - the official version - is never the whole story. The quitter's tale offers a far more compelling, and often a more honest version of history. The Last ... Read more
History is written by the winners. It's the faithful servants, the insiders, the ones who stick around, who can adapt to almost any condition that get to write the official histories. They publish the memoirs, park in the directors' spots, erect the statues, form the new governments, wipe out the pockets of resistance, recruit the new starters, set the agendas, talk on the documentaries and retrospectives. Yet theirs - the official version - is never the whole story. The quitter's tale offers a far more compelling, and often a more honest version of history. The Last ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472122100
SKU
V9781472122100
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Ref
99-10
About Matt Potter
Matt Potter is an author, journalist, broadcaster and editor whose work has taken him from Sony awards and the BBC to the Daily Telegraph, and from Afghanistan to the stage of Madison Square Garden. His 2011 book Outlaws Inc has been published in 4 different languages and more than 17 countries, and won praise from places as diverse as The ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Goodbye: The History of the World in Resignation Letters
[The resignation letters] have a compelling intensity, overlooked until Matt Potter spotted the human drama in even the most understated examples
The Glasgow Herald
A marvellous idea ... Matt Potter has collected some real beauties
Independent
Celebrates the art of the elegant - or explosive - resignation
The Week
The sort of book that ... Read more
The Glasgow Herald
A marvellous idea ... Matt Potter has collected some real beauties
Independent
Celebrates the art of the elegant - or explosive - resignation
The Week
The sort of book that ... Read more