The Timewaster Letters

IN SHORT: Bizarre, pointless & hilarious letters to strangers.   WHO FOR?: Anyone with a sense of humour.   THOUGHTS: I laughed out loud a number of times to this one. Genuinely hilarious. Whoever wrote the synopsis on this website needs to check their pulse because I'm worried about them. It is very very silly but will distract you nicely if you need some cheering up.   : They get a little samey as it goes on, but that's not a major problem since the format is great.   : How polite these letters are!  This could have been an abusive book, but the tone is so upbeat throughout.  Much of the comedy comes from just how keen he is to get in contact with those wonderful folks at the National Federation Of Fish Fryers.

I think this must be the funniest book I've ever read. I remembered hearing the author talk about it on the radio and was pleased to see it in a charity shop yesterday. I've now finished it was was laughing out loud most of the way through. Highly recommended!

I'll admit that I did get to the end of this. It's not the book's fault, but I just found the letters to be a bit too cringeworthy for my liking. Despite that, it's good, clean fun. I'm a fan of this sort of humour, even if I can't quite bring myself to read it.

I read this book a little while ago and like to flick through it now and again as it's great for a little chuckle, would recommend having a look through it if you ever see it! :)

Super funny! Robin Cooper has an imagination and perseverance to be envied.

This book is hilarious. Buy it, read it, burst your spleen laughing.

Don't worry. It'll GROW BACK.

Robin Cooper in ‘The Timewaster Letters’ sends a collection of silly, childish, or plain weird letters to various organiastions (usually obscure, although one or two well known corporations are made to suffer as well) to wind up those who receive them and hopefully illicit a response.

At odd times while reading this book I was throughly amused, however for the most part, the best I could say is that some of the letters were mildly amusing, some not even that.

Read my full review at:
http://www.bartsbookshelf.co.uk/2008/02/02/the-timewaster-letters/