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Demented Hardcover – January 1, 2004

by Jacky Fleming (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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Have the inevitable signs of aging taken you completely by surprise? Do emails from grade school acquaintances precipitate an instant mid-life crisis? Has your computer introduced levels of frustration into your life that you never dreamed were possible? Does the sound of orchestrated easy-listening music while you're on hold for half an hour drive you to despair? Then this demented cartoon narrative may help slightly, although how I can't imagine. This is an absolute must for the middle-aged but immature woman and her bewildered partner—or anyone obsessed with looking on the Internet at properties for sale in sunny countries.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 2004
  4. Dimensions
    7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0747570973
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0747570974
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0747570973
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747570974
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

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dmj
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2019
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Demented is pretty funny , very sprightly and full of familiar neuroses. Makes you feel right at home.
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MacTrish
5.0 out of 5 stars Wasted on the young but a real pearl for the rest of us!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2017
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Demented Bought this as a birthday present for someone who is, like me, no longer in the first flush of youth. I had a read myself (natch!) and loved it. It's well-observed humour and reminds me of the work of Claire Bretécher. It's one of those books that showcases things that you do and feel but that you didn't realise were also experienced by other people. My friend's birthday isn't until August but I don't know if I can hold off giving it to her before then.
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catnip2005
4.0 out of 5 stars イギリス版「負け犬」？
Reviewed in Japan on February 21, 2005
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NYの負け犬たちはボトックス打ってピラティスに精を出し、夜はクラブで自分が産んだかも知れない位の年の小娘たちと現役ではりあい、東京の負け犬たちは夜な夜な群れては回を重ねる毎にレベルダウンする合コンにそれでもせっせと参加。そんな時イギリスの負け犬は堂々と尻尾巻いて負けを認めて己を哂う･･･？？さすがめんどくさがりと黒いユーモアのお国柄。最近、毎朝鏡に「知らないオバサン」が映るんだけど･･･って貴女に苦笑いしながら読んでほしい逸品。
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eli Peters
4.0 out of 5 stars True to life for forty somethings
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2020
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So funny
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JQR
5.0 out of 5 stars Jackie Fleming is a brilliant cartoonist and does some wonderful jokes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2015
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Jackie Fleming is a brilliant cartoonist and does some wonderful jokes. She uses very few lines but the images are instantly perfect. There are some pictures which have hardly any ink on the page but the expression of the person is absolutely correct. Some of the jokes are quite verbal and again there is enormous economy with not a wasted or ill-chosen word. I think I have everything she has published but if I hear of another collection I will buy it immediately.
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J. M. Nash
5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest yet!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2004
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I have always been a great fan of Jacky Fleming's books.
This is the funniest one yet, exploring many of the puzzles and irritations of 21st century life. A middle-aged woman [is that you Jacky?] contemplates the world through newly-prescribed glasses and doesn't like what she sees, whether it be supermarkets or Friends Reunited.
Supported by partner Kenny, and almost upstaged by an ever present, and mostly snoozing, white cat, our cartoon heroine delights us with her wry take on her life [and ours].
Don't read this book while drinking tea or coffee. It'll come down your nose.
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