F*** You Very Much
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  • Published: 31 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473564206
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 8 hr 12 min
  • Narrator: Danny Wallace

F*** You Very Much

The surprising truth about why people are so rude

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31 May 2018
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31 May 2018
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28 May 2018
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An eye-opening and seriously entertaining investigation into the worst side of human behaviour — by the million copy-selling author of Yes Man.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of F*** You Very Much, written and read by Danny Wallace.

You're not imagining it. People are getting ruder. And this is a serious problem.

The book that inspired the iTunes Top Ten podcast

Did you know that even one rude comment in a life and death situation can decrease a surgeon’s performance by as much as 50%? That we say we don’t want rude politicians, but we vote for them anyway? Or that rude language can sway a jury in a criminal case?

Bestselling writer and broadcaster Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Awkward Situations For Men), is on a mission to understand where we have gone wrong. He travels the world interviewing neuroscientists, psychologists, NASA scientists, barristers, bin men, and bellboys. He joins a Radical Honesty group in Germany, talks to drivers about road rage in LA, and confronts his own online troll in a pub.

And in doing so, he uncovers the latest thinking about how we behave, how rudeness, once unleashed, can spread like a virus – and how even one flippant remark can snowball into disaster.

As insightful and enthralling as it is highly entertaining, F*** You Very Much* is an eye-opening exploration into the worst side of human behaviour.

*This book was originally published under the title, I Can’t Believe You Just Said That. But we decided it just wasn’t rude enough...

"A cry for human decency… deliciously hilarious. I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately." Adam Grant author of Originals, Give and Take, Option B
  • Published: 31 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473564206
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 8 hr 12 min
  • Narrator: Danny Wallace
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About the author

Danny Wallace

Danny Wallace is a Sunday Times-bestselling author who lives in London. His first book, Join Me, was described as a ‘word-of-mouth phenomenon’ by The Bookseller and ‘one of the funniest stories you will ever read’ by the Daily Mail. His second book, Yes Man – in which he decided to say ‘Yes’ to everything – became a hugely successful film with Jim Carrey in the lead role.

His column in ShortList magazine reaches more than 1.3 million readers weekly. He was the PPA Columnist of the Year 2011 and the Arqiva Radio Presenter of the Year 2012 for his work as the host of the triple Sony Award-winning Xfm Breakfast Show with Danny Wallace. GQ magazine has called him: ‘One of Britain’s great writing talents’.

www.dannywallace.com

portrait photo of Danny Wallace

Also by Danny Wallace

Somebody Told Me
Yes Man Film Tie-In
More Awkward Situations for Men
Who is Tom Ditto?
What Not to Do (And How to Do It)
Charlotte Street
How to Be a Modern Man
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Praise for F*** You Very Much

A meaty cry for human decency, wrapped in a deliciously hilarious hot dog bun. I plan to read it again and then force-feed it to my neighbour, my mother, and my college roommate. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately.

Adam Grant, author of 'Originals'

A brilliant book

Jon Ronson

A brilliant book

Jon Ronson

A very funny and wise book about the blatant rudeness that surrounds us. Danny Wallace on top form

Matt Haig

A very funny and wise book about the blatant rudeness that surrounds us. Danny Wallace on top form

Matt Haig

A meaty cry for human decency, wrapped in a deliciously hilarious hot dog bun. I plan to read it again and then force-feed it to my neighbour, my mother, and my college roommate. If you care about people and enjoy a good laugh, I politely encourage you to read this book. Immediately.

Adam Grant, author of 'Originals'

Hilarious

GQ

Hilarious

GQ

Danny Wallace, author, actor, and comedian, wrote the rudeness manifesto itself.

VICE.com

His [Danny Wallace’s] research on the psychology of rudeness can give us key insights as to what's going on right now and what we can do to become more empathetic

Psychology Today