A Local Book For Local People is a 2000 book by the British comedy team behind The League of Gentlemen. It is similar to comedy books by Monty Python and The Goodies in that it is a collection of loose material collected in a scrap book format. The material is connected by Tubbs, who has found the various snippets on the moors.
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| Language | English |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Set in | Royston Vasey |
| Published | 2000 (4th Estate) |
| Publication place | England |
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| ISBN | 978-1-84115-346-9 |
| OCLC | 59573688 |
It has been suggested that this article be merged into The League of Gentlemen. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2025. |
The Local Book is notable in that the material is much more risqué than the television series.
Reception
editMark Sanderson of the Evening Standard called the book "handsomely produced".[1] The Courier-Mail reviewer John Cokley found the book to be "rude, lewd, obscene, anti-nature, satirical, hardly funny".[2] David Chapman of Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications found the book to have "a peculiar Pandora's box" of various items.[3]
Chris Titley, a writer for the The Press, thought Local Book was "the most imaginative of the TV books" in the vein of the trademark Monty Python humor.[4] Leicester Mercury said of the book, "you'll just laugh. Unstoppably, hysterically."[5] Martin Rowson of The Independent found the work to be "over-produced and over-designed to the point of total unreadability" and recommended against reading it.[6]
References
edit- ^ Sanderson, Mark (18 December 2000). "Laugh? I nearly bought the book". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cokley, John (11 March 2001). "lots of trouble". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Chapman, David (22 November 2000). "Of local interest only". Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Titley, Chris (6 December 2000). "Books for all". The Press. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "An Offer You Can't Refuse". Leicester Mercury. 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Rowson, Martin (3 December 2000). "Humour: Martin Rowson's heroic six-year campaign to stop useless TV tie-ins is finally starting to pay off". The Independent. ProQuest 311822894. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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