Includes actual instructions! "You might not think that a book about cleaning could be funny but this made me laugh out loud" ( The Financial Times). For many reasons, men often neglect housekeeping chores-even when they share the house with other humans who wish they could get some help in that department. How to Get Things Really Flat combines witty observations, true tales of family life, useful information that takes the mystery out of such phenomena as dishwashers and vacuums, and answers to timeless questions including:
- When dusting, where does the dust go?
- What is the worst thing that can happen while ironing?
- Is housework therapeutic?
- How can I impress people with bicarbonate of soda?
- Aren't men supposed to be dirty?
- And more!
Autorentext
Andrew Martin trained as an attorney before becoming a journalist and novelist. A regular contributor to the Guardian, he has also written for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Independent and Granta, among many other publications. His seven novels include five titles-beginning with The Necropolis Railway-featuring the young Edwardian detective, Jim Stringer. He has also written short stories and radio plays. He lives with his wife and two children in London.