The Return of Heroic Failures

The series of books by Stephen Pile listing the great heroic failures of our time is surely one of western civilisation’s greatest moments. Here is a couple of hundred pages packed with tales of people comprehensively failing at whatever they have set out to achieve. It’s the type of book you can open at any page, read an entry, piss yourself laughing, and amid growing concern for your wellbeing by those in the vicinity, get on with your life. Examples include “The Least Accurate Map” (which had ramblers mistakenly hiking through a hospital ward) and “The Least Successful Fun Festival” (amongst other problems, the booked Elvis impersonator, some chap named Rupert, failed to turn up).

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There's nothing like reading about the incompetency of others to make you feel good about yourself. The Return of Heroic Failures has dredged the newspapers of the world to create a new list of comic, dismal failures. It's good for a laugh and the raising of one's self esteem.

Surprisingly, at least as funny as its predecessor. Don't read it anywhere you'll be embarrassed to laugh out loud.