Patently Christmas - Richard Ross
A perfect example of how you can't judge a book by its cover - or by the description on the back cover in this case. Billed as "A Patently Hilarious Guide to the craziest Christmas Inventions of all time", Patently Christmas also promises that "With engaging commentaries on each invention..." "...Ross illuminates and entertains...". Not in my copy he doesn't.
All Patently Christmas is, in the end, is a collection of sketches and technical descriptions of various Christmas themed products. No hilarious commentary - most of the items aren't even particularly wacky - just line drawings and dry technical jargon.
"A puppet together with a plurality of small pieces are disposed in a sphere. The sphere has a pump case and a skirt ring at its bottom"
If you just sprayed your keyboard with the contents of your mouth while reading the above description of "Decorative Ball Device" then this is the book for you.
