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Afterthoughts: or Some Pistachios Won't Open – Wisdom for the Unreflective

Afterthoughts: or Some Pistachios Won't Open – Wisdom for the Unreflective

by Richard Ayoade

Publisher Faber & Faber

Genre: Non-Fiction

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About the book

Richard Ayoade has set down his most enormous thoughts for the benefit of all those who dare read them. Thoughts like . . .

TV detectives need a gimmick. Mine would be not caring who did it.

If, when one door shuts, another door opens, there's something wrong with your doors. They shouldn't be doing that.

Where's the box to tick if you ARE a robot?

My mother used to say Manners Maketh the Man, but I didn't think it was very mannerly of her to make fun of my lisp.

Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne. Men who have searched for meaning with, let's face it, mixed results. Whither the one who can solve it? Cometh the hour, cometh the Ayoade. He brings wisdom distilled from a life lived in relentless pursuit of Truth.

Afterthoughts goes beyond rumination, past pondering, probing further than ever before, drawing from a deeply private pool of questions: a reservoir so refreshing you may never need to think again.

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About the Author

Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade is a writer and director.In addition to directing and co-writingGarth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novelSubmarinefor the screen, and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film,The Double.As an actor he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner inGarth Marenghi's Darkplaceand Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winningThe IT Crowd,for which we was awarded a BAFTA as Best Performance in a Comedy.

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