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* You Couldn't Make It Up ( 1995, Heinemann, ISBN 0-434-00238-0 )-named after one of Littlejohn's catchphrases, and described on the jacket as " a brilliant collection of liberal-skewering wit and wisdom ", this is a book of recollections and opinion pieces on subjects such as political correctness, politicians, corporate " fat cats ", the European Union, and the British Royal Family.

Anthony Daniels, writing in The Daily Telegraph, said: "... not only does he never mention foreigners in any but a derogatory way-when he is far too intelligent a man really to believe that we have nothing to learn from any of them-but when he writes of the Germans and the Japanese as having taken our cars and electronics industries he is pandering to the kind of stupid, ignorant, sentimental, self-pitying xenophobia which is the root of all fascism, and which is an obstacle to genuine self improvement.

" The New Statesman wrote: " Not exactly New Statesman territory, but the pick of the best tabloid columnist in Britain is a joy from beginning to end.

Hysterically funny, wonderfully politically incorrect, [...] the only writer in Britain to rival the best of the Americans.