‘I seen George Foreman shadow boxing … and the shadow won!’
- Muhammad Ali Do words fail you just when you need them most? If so, you need a few pointers from the past masters of put-down to keep others firmly in their place. This book brims over with stinging comments, verbal face slappings and subtle insults for dealing with every kind of person.

Features contributions from some of history’s greatest word-slingers, including Oscar Wilde, Samuel Johnson, Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, John Kennedy, Truman Capote, Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Winston Churchill, Gore Vidal, Joan Rivers and Stephen Fry.