PUB RULES of the EIGHTIES is a humorous novel written and published in 2017 by the UK-based independent author Rob Brown. The novel itself is split into two distinct sections,
-The story, that follows loveable buffoon Chris as he makes his haphazard way from teenager to slightly more self-aware (but still buffoonish) twenty-something and,
-The Pub Rules themselves, the definitive set of tavern-based behaviour and etiquette guidelines necessary for navigating those delicate 1980s social situations.
The entire book is shot through with a heavy, some might say sledgehammer-like, sense of humour and pathological sarcasm. It also contains Olympic-standard swearing so would be unsuitable for young children (or anyone who would have occasion to use the phrase ‘potty-mouth’).
The bit on the back of the book reads as follows;
The year is 1986, the year Chris Venkman turns twenty. All he wants is an easy life and it is his firm belief that he can achieve this simply by having a job, a car, a place of his own and a girlfriend. Unfortunately for Chris he is about to learn that, in the words of Robert Burns, “the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft tits-up.”
THE PUB-QUIZZER’S TACTICAL FIELD MANUAL is a reference work of largely useless trivia that none-the-less seems to crop up repeatedly in your average pub quiz.
It also contains lots of tips on how to get the most from your pub-quiz experience as well as plenty of practice questions to get your mental juices flowing.
Please note, there is a bias in this book towards British geography, history, culture and sport. This book will be most useful to those quizzing within the UK.
Which of London’s underground lines was the first to open in January 1863?
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