Faber announces new book by comedian David Mitchell
Guardian Faber is delighted to announce the acquisition of Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By by the exceptionally funny and much-loved comedian, David Mitchell. Laura Hassan acquired World All Language rights from Ivan Mulcahy at MMBCreative and will publish on 7 November 2019.
David Mitchell’s 2014 Sunday Times bestseller, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse, must have really made people think. Because everything’s got worse.
We’ve gone from UKIP to Brexit, from horse lasagne to fatbergs, from big society to food banks. The only possible way to cheer up in 2019 is to dive into Mitchell’s terrifically clever and witty analysis of the sh*tshow of recent years. Here he takes on the utter crap rained down on us from corporate PRs, governments in the thrall of lobbyists, customers being preyed upon by algorithm-wielding corporations, evil interest groups tricking electors with targeted lies, flat-earthers and Eton boys.
David Mitchell said: ‘I’m delighted to be working with the team at Guardian Faber on another attempt to set the world to rights after the last one failed so spectacularly. So I’m going to really double down on the out-of-touch hypocritical centrist whingeing, while sprinkling in a few offensive jokes for old times’ sake. If you buy one book this autumn, then this whole industry is completely unsustainable.’
Editorial Director, Laura Hassan said: ‘This is a collection of Mitchell’s brilliant, spot-on, super funny Observer columns. No other writer is a match for the utterly dumbfounding times we live in and I hope this cheering book will wrapped up under many Christmas trees this year’
David Mitchell is a comedian, actor, writer and the polysyllabic member of Mitchell and Webb. He won BAFTAs for Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look, and has also starred in Jam and Jerusalem, Ambassadors, and as Will Shakespeare in Ben Elton’s Upstart Crow, now on its third series. He writes for the Observer, chairs The Unbelievable Truth, is a team captain on Would I Lie To You?, and has been in two films, neither of which made a profit.