In order to prepare myself for the quest to find the Holy Grail and write something that zooo might actually get, they told me that I first had to read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.. but it didn't end there.. then came the other classics.
Next there was "The Art of Raw" by Su-Shi, followed by "The Art of Awr" by Ti-Po. Then came "The Art of Knorr" by O-Xo, "The Art of Whore" by Ban-Ksi and the seminal "Heart of Wart" by Anagh Ram..
Little did I realise I had but scratched the surface.. so many books.. so many books..
Then I found "The Art of Waugh" by Auberon Canaletto, and came across "Thinking Man's Crumpet: the Art of Phwoarr!" by Victoria Coren. Then there was "The Art of Wore" by Gianni Versace, "The Art of Wor" by Cheryl Cole, and "The Art of Nor" by Eva Ivor-Orre., and..oh dear.. so many books..
Then came the wistful and enduring "The Art of Haw-Haw" by Rubens von Ribbentrop, followed by "The Art of Hoar" by Jack Frost, which I couldn't warm to. I got my teeth into "The Art of Gnaw" by A. Beaune, and came across "The Art of Cor!" by 7 of 9 with Marg Helgenberger and Alex Polizzi and.. oh dear.. so many books.. so many books..
Yet my favourite is the one I've just finished: "Hearts and Minds: How to get on BCG and win at writing comedy" by A.K. Fortis-Evan. He writes that the hochsangraal, the übersatori of Scritti Comici is to write something without using any name..
It's very very good. I mean, it's really good. I'm currently reading his groundbreaking follow-up "Hearts and Minds: Blackmail", in which XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBCG financial informationXXXXXXXXXXXAaronXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX office partyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCali CartelXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXWest Wittering XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXlemon curdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdonkeyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
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