Small Paperback, Fair+ Condition, 1989, 272 pages, ISBN 0 14 012172 2

The Return of Heroic Failures – Stephen Pile

The Wrong Stuff

Never before has mankind reached such spectacular levels of incompetence.

-         Students of cinema will be fascinated to learn of the Korean version of The Sound Of Music, from which all the songs were cut out.

-         New parents in search of unusual names for their offspring will be inspired by the Kent couple who called their child Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake.

-         Fans of Country music will be intrigued to hear about the Romanian ‘cowboy singer’, who played for over two hours to 2,200 empty seats in a Melbourne theatre.

The runaway success of The Book of Heroic Failures was a severe embarrassment to its author. Now Stephen Pile has made matters worse – by writing an even funnier sequel.