Holy Sh*t
A Brief History of Swearing
Melissa Mohr
Reviews and Awards
"not for the fainthearted, but is a wonderful read and full of wit and wisdom and scholarship." - Kevin Rafferty, Handai Global
"Bloody hell, this is a good book! Heretofore swearing has not attracted many authors and publishers. Melissa Mohr puts that right in this pithy, amusing and thoughtful study." - Mark Fisher, The Independent {Radar}
"One of the most absorbing and entertaining books on language I have encountered in a long time." - Washington Post
"Mohr constantly surprises and delights - and does so without ever being offensive." - Ben East, The Observer
"This is an expansive, scholarly and wonderfully witty survey of 3,000 years of dicks and deities, turds and taboos, from the Old Testament onwards." - Sam Leith, The Guardian
"Melissa Mohr's book is learned, charming and - if one had read it 50 years ago - utterly filthy ... a dead cert for the next loo book of the year." - John Sutherland, The Times {Saturday Review}
"A fascinating trawl through Man's use of swearing, from Roman times to the present." - The Times
"intelligent and enjoyable" - The Wall Street Journal Europe
"So, would I recommend this book? Absofuckinglutely." - Patricia Canning, Babel Magazine
"all good dirty fun." - Colin Burrow, London Review of Books
"This is an utterly delightful book. It's beautifully written, witty and in many places laugh-out-loud funny. It's also a serious book. She looks her subject matter square-in-the-face." - Jo Ind, The Third Way
"not for the fainthearted, but [Holy Sh*t] is a wonderful read and full of wit and wisdom and scholarship." - Handai Global
