Afterthoughts
or Some Pistachios Won't Open - Wisdom for the Unreflective
Published on 23. October 2025
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-571-39820-1 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Ayoade has set down his most enormous thoughts for the benefit of all those who dare read them. Thoughts like . . .
TV detectives need a gimmick. Mine would be not caring who did it.
If, when one door shuts, another door opens, there's something wrong with your doors. They shouldn't be doing that.
Where's the box to tick if you ARE a robot?
My mother used to say Manners Maketh the Man, but I didn't think it was very mannerly of her to make fun of my lisp.
Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne. Men who have searched for meaning with, let's face it, mixed results. Whither the one who can solve it? Cometh the hour, cometh the Ayoade. He brings wisdom distilled from a life lived in relentless pursuit of Truth.
Afterthoughts goes beyond rumination, past pondering, probing further than ever before, drawing from a deeply private pool of questions: a reservoir so refreshing you may never need to think again.
TV detectives need a gimmick. Mine would be not caring who did it.
If, when one door shuts, another door opens, there's something wrong with your doors. They shouldn't be doing that.
Where's the box to tick if you ARE a robot?
My mother used to say Manners Maketh the Man, but I didn't think it was very mannerly of her to make fun of my lisp.
Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne. Men who have searched for meaning with, let's face it, mixed results. Whither the one who can solve it? Cometh the hour, cometh the Ayoade. He brings wisdom distilled from a life lived in relentless pursuit of Truth.
Afterthoughts goes beyond rumination, past pondering, probing further than ever before, drawing from a deeply private pool of questions: a reservoir so refreshing you may never need to think again.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-39820-1 (9780571398201)
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10/2025
Faber & Faber
€11.99
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Person
RICHARD AYOADE is a writer and director. In addition to directing and co-writing Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novel Submarine for the screen and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film The Double. As an actor he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winning The IT Crowd, for which he was awarded a BAFTA for Best Performance in a Comedy.