The Guardian Book of April Fool's DayMartin Wainwright explores April Fools Day's development into a media phenomenon, collects all the best spoofs, revels in the gullibility that greets the tallest stories, and finds the most incredible stories published on this day that were actually true. |
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Contents
Enter the Press | 12 |
Formula for a Fool | 28 |
Spaghetti Doesnt Grow on Trees | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Guardian Book of April Fool's Day |
| Author | Martin Wainwright |
| Editor | Martin Wainwright |
| Contributor | Guardian Newspapers Ltd |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Aurum, 2007 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Aug 19, 2009 |
| ISBN | 184513155X, 9781845131555 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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