Put downs are the kind of things you wished you'd said yourself, but couldn't think up in time. Whether it be rock star or politician, actress or businessman, no-one in the public eye is immune to a perfectly-executed barb. His writing is limited to songs for dead blondes, is Keith Richards' view on Elton John. What is Wales for? asked Anne Robinson to a contestant on The Weakest Link Very little links Groucho Marx, Dorothy Parker, Pat Buchanan, Winston Churchill and Bette Middler, other than a common language. They're all fluent in vitriol. This book assembles the absolute master craftsmen in their field and proves that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.