You have my word Book

The stories which Frank Muir and Denis Norden have been telling for many years on the 'My Word!' radio programme, offering complicated explanations for simple and well known phrases, have become not merely an international institution but a new literary genre. You have my word is the fifth whimsical and hilarious collection of these stories. Ranging from tragedy near the North Pole ('It only harpoons one-eyed aunts with you') to geographical problems from the authors' own past ('Muir in Surrey, Den in Ongar'), these tales review an astounding sweep of contemporary and historical life. For more than two score years the deadpan wit and genial humour of Muir and Norden have delighted several generations of readers, listeners and viewers all over the world. This volume, the first in nine years, once more displays the authors' extraordinary linguistic virtuosity and unfailing talent to amuse. (blurb)