The World of Karl Pilkington The World of Karl Pilkington

The World of Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington and Others
    • 3.9 • 42 Ratings
    • $13.99
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

A collection of the best moments from the record-breaking ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ podcasts with additional musings and original drawings by Karl Pilkington, the show’s unlikely star.

Karl Pilkington, the Confucian-like savant of the ‘Ricky Gervais Show’, has led an extraordinary and curiously individual life. As a kid growing up in Manchester he regularly missed school to accompany his parents on caravanning holidays and left without collecting his exam results: his family weaned him well.

Pilkington’s is a brilliant mind, locked inside a perfectly round head, and uncluttered by the unhelpful constraints of logic or common sense; factors that have led him to such dazzling insights as ‘you never see old men eating Twix bars’ or that the ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ was ‘an Adrian Mole sort of thing’.

In this pithy and hilarious book, Karl is in conversation with (the often bewildered) Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the writers and stars of ‘The Office’ and ‘Extras’, outwitting even these comedy Goliaths with his take on such contentious issues as charity, the lack of Chinese homeless people, reincarnation, the rights of monkeys and favourite superpowers.

Featuring Karl's original illustrations, imaginative scribblings, full-colour pictures sent in by fans, and the best conversations of the first twelve podcasts, this is a unique trip into the world of one of our most innovative thinkers, visionaries and prophets, or as Gervais and Merchant know him, ‘the funniest man alive in Britain today’.

GENRE
Humour
RELEASED
2009
16 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
Fourth Estate
SELLER
HarperCollins Australia Pty Limited
SIZE
16.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Guiseppe!!! ,

Hilarious!

My first purchased e-book, and certainly not the last about karl, ricky and Steve. Excellent read, very funny and I learnt a couple things along the way. Awesome!

CallumMuss ,

Avoid if you listen to the podcast

If you listen to the podcast there is no need to read the book as you will have heard it all, Karl is still as classic as ever though

Tori Taylor ,

Love it!

Love these 3 men so I loved the book! Definitely in my top 5!

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