This is a humorous collection of accounts of people, plans and projects, which have failed in different areas of life such as sport, the arts, crime and politics.
Stephen Pile Books






Punch Lines
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
An anthology of the best comic writing in Punch from 1841 to 1991.
The ultimate book of heroic failures
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Anyone can be a success, but it takes real and original genius to foul up big time. These are the all-time greats, Gods in our field of study, surreal artists, who spurn mere drab success to explore the vast, magical, life-enhancing possibilities of getting it wrong.