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They Call Me Naughty Lola: Personal Ads from the London Review of Books

by David Rose · 2006

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Monty Python meets Match.com in this collection of howlingly funny personals from the lonely hearts section of the London Review of Books. Conceived by LRBadvertising director David Rose as a legitimate forum for literate, lovelorn Brits, the column has morphed over the years into an entertaining and conspicuously bizarre bulletin board for the romantically dysfunctional. In this compilation of Rose's personal favorites, would-be suitors of a peculiarly English stripe bare their pathetic, hopeful, dyspeptic, and downright deviant souls. Infused with a distinctive blend of wit, eccentricity, and daunting erudition, They Call Me Naughty Lolais a sublime treat for Yanks.

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relationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of thissexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 165 pages
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