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Book SynopsisA stocking-fodder sensation of classic Christmas carols told through the brilliantly British medium of pun, by the internationally renowned Guardian cartoonist, Martin Rowson.
Carol Carnage takes the first verse and chorus line of five world-famous carols and renders them into stunning pen-and-ink puns, brimming with English eccentricity, invention and Christmas-crackerly bawdiness. Whether it is the frosty beauty of In the Bleak Midwinter maliciously misheard as the vomit-spackled Ian the Greek,
Mid-wine Tour or the trumpeting joy of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen spitefully styled as a husband and wife drunkenly heckling one another in Got Dressed Yet Mary? Gin Till Morn!, the internationally renowned cartoonist Martin Rowson unrepentantly takes aim at po-faced carol enthusiasts and dangerously earnest Christmassers the world over.
Trade ReviewIf you still giggle at the simple pleasure of shepherds washing their socks by night, then this book is a
must have. Martin Rowson is in his smutty, inky element
-- Phill Jupitus
I have treasured Rowson's work for many years now -- Will Self
A master of inky invective -- Ralph Steadman
All sorts of comic genius -- Owen Jones
Martin Rowson? Best cartoonist working in the UK today -- Mark Thomas
