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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrion
ISBN-101853754544
ISBN-139781853754548
eBay Product ID (ePID)2222745
Product Key Features
Book TitleAccustomed As I am : the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Speaker
Number of Pages138 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicTopic / Business & Professional, Public Speaking
Publication Year2001
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Humor
AuthorBasil Boothroyd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal808.5/1/0207
SynopsisDrawing on his own grim and terrifying experiences as a public speaker, Basil Boothroyd takes us on a comic journey through an era when the likes of the Women's Institute and the Rotary Club were still the social hubs of the nation and required a steady stream of guest speakers to keep their members entertained. Addressing everyone from corporate clients at black-tie shindigs to the inmates of Pentonville Prison, he was asked to expound on a dizzying range of topics. While masquerading this as a how-to book, Boothroyd willfully loses us in a confusion of slapstick asides and self-effacing comic digressions as he unsuccessfully attempts to navigate the pitfalls of a thankless profession. An engagingly sordid tale of dingy hotels, bad transportation, self-doubts, hecklers, drunks, technical snafus, misjudged audiences, and woefully unsuitable material.
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