Book description
When Jack Sued Jill is the latest collection of original verse
by maverick multimillionaire publisher Felix Dennis. Taking the
innocence of nursery rhymes and turning them into something altogether
darker, Dennis turns his piercing eye on the follies and absurdities
of modern life.
From ASBOs to Osama Bin Laden, creationism to crack houses, Humpty
Dumpty to Tony Blair, nothing and no one is spared. Even more
shockingly, once you've read Dennis's updating of 'Little Miss
Muffet', you'll never be able to think of her in the same way again.
Scathing and hilarious, imaginative and unpredictable, When Jack
Sued Jill is an essential collection of twisted nursery rhymes
for the twenty-first century.
Felix Dennis was imprisoned in 1971 as co-editor of
OZ
magazine. After his acquittal on appeal, he founded his own magazine
publishing company in 1973 and made millions with the sale of
Personal Computer World
and
MacUser
in the mid-eighties. Today , Dennis Publishing remains a privately
owned company with headquarters in London and New York City. Titles
include
The Week
,
Auto Express
,
Computer Shopper
and
Maxim
. The annual
Sunday Times
Rich List estimates that Felix Dennis is the 65th richest individual in
the UK. Following a life-threatening illness, his first collection of
poetry,
A Glass Half Full
was published by Hutchinson and the second,
Lone Wolf
, in 2004. His other interests include planting trees and he divides his
time between homes in Warwickshire, London, New York, Connecticut and
the Caribbean island of Mustique.
