In his relentless campaign to drag slang out of the sewer and brothel, and into the drawing-room and academy, Green has no rival. He is the Dr Johnson of slang, its Putin, its Mr Toad, its Dickens.
Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
[Green's] kaleidoscopic memoir charting three decades exploring our mother tongue's more exotic margins is vigorous, gonzoid, learned and entertaining.
David Profumo, Literary Review
This memoir of a life spent exploring the grubby margins of the English language reveals plenty about both that language and Green himself.
Spectator
In his relentless campaign to drag slang out of the sewer and brothel, and into the drawing-room and academy, Green has no rival. He is the Dr Johnson of slang, its Putin, its Mr Toad, its Dickens.
Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
[Green's] kaleidoscopic memoir charting three decades exploring our mother tongue's more exotic margins is vigorous, gonzoid, learned and entertaining.
David Profumo, Literary Review
This memoir of a life spent exploring the grubby margins of the English language reveals plenty about both that language and Green himself.
Spectator
In his relentless campaign to drag slang out of the sewer and brothel, and into the drawing-room and academy, Green has no rival. He is the Dr Johnson of slang, its Putin, its Mr Toad, its Dickens.
Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
[Green's] kaleidoscopic memoir charting three decades exploring our mother tongue's more exotic margins is vigorous, gonzoid, learned and entertaining.
David Profumo, Literary Review
This memoir of a life spent exploring the grubby margins of the English language reveals plenty about both that language and Green himself.