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The Car Won't Start. Love, Dad by Sophie Dallaway

Norman Wallace is your typical English dad - meek, mild, harassed by all ... and a secret drag queen.

The problem is his big break - performing at The Ball & Wicket pub - is due the same day as his mother-in-law's birthday. He's going to need some serious scheming if he's going to get out of it...

Price: $5.24

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Billy's Log by Dougie Brimson

For Billy Ellis, life is one series of disasters after another. His haemorrhoids have just cost him promotion, his new boss is threatening to move in next door, and on the very occasions he need a condom, he can’t even buy a packet without almost getting arrested.

Described as "Bridget Jones ... for the lads", this hilarious look at the life of the modern British man comes from the writer of the Elijah Wood movie, Green Street.

Price: $1.67

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Funnybone by John Gradwell

This 'memoir' of 96 year old British music hall great Frankie Funnybone takes a romp through history - with Frankie saving the Prime Minister from the Nazis, meeting royalty - and mistaking Wallis Simpson for a man!

Price: $3.20

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Free Country by George Mahood

No bikes, no money, no clothes, no shoes and no food, best friends George and Ben decide to walk the length of Britain, relying solely on the generosity of the people they meet.

Think that's crazy? Then wait till you meet the eccentric - and plain mad - people they encounter on their journey.

Price: $3.35

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Police, Lies & Alibis by John Donoghue

Police, Lies & Alibis is the fascinating and hilarious account of a year in the life of a British front line police response officer.

The anecdotes in this book are made even more funny by the fact that every one of them is true. And it doesn't hurt that Constable John Donoghue's got a really great way with words.

Price: $5.34