Don't Get Mad, Get Even: The Big Book of Revenge

by George Hayduke

More than 200 utterly satisfying ways to get revenge on the fatheads who make life that little bit less worth living every time they get out of bed. From gun nuts to inconsiderate drivers, lunatic politicians to that guy with the eternally barking dog, George Hayduke has created the ultimate guide to getting even. With chapters on Mail, Banks, Corporations, Restaurants, Employees, Sweethearts and Neighbours.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806527552
• ISBN13: 9780806527550
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Third-rate revenge

Are people really that uncreative in this country when it comes to revenge? Hayduke has taken a provocative subject, but all he can suggest are things no intelligent person beyond middle school age could do and still keep his self-respect. The "real people" whose techniques he relates are the kind of folks one might see on the Jerry Springer show, if that is still running. As a(n obviously amateur)writer and true-crime fan, I was hoping to see schemes more along the lines of the brilliant-and-funny scam outlined by a crook in the film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," but the "revenge" methods in this book are petty and sophomoric, and often mean-spirited into the bargain. In short, there is nothing remotely elegant and clever in this book. And minus 6 stars for publishing the alleged (but I assume phony) Social Security Number of a dead President who the author apparently STILL hates and assumes everyone else does too. Aside from being an open invitation to fraud, it's just indecent. Some things are done only by sleazeballs, and Hayduke has more than established himself as one here by taking it upon himself to do that in this wretched little book. And for people considering the "Private Benjamin" dye-in-the-shower-head stunt: dyes can and do blind people. Hayduke can write all the warnings and disclaimers he wishes; it doesn't absolve him from his own nastiness, which is evident throughout this book. He cannot have it both ways. This was a complete and utter ripoff. If you are even halfway literate and have some sense of decent behavior, you won't enjoy this at all.

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (or maybe even a bit vindictive, yay!)

I grabbed a copy of this book acoupla' years ago, and I've loved it ever since. Not so much used for actual revenge, this book has been more a resource for my (sometimes bizarre) art projects, 'cuz it contains a wealth of useful info. I will admit that it DOES make good fodder for revenge fantasies, however. Its almost as much fun fantasizing about how this book could be used to do evil to those that 'done one wrong' as it is fantasizing about what you'd do w/the money when you've bought a lottery ticket. Anyhoo...I'd highly reccomend picking up a copy of this lil' jewel of a tome- -if the only thing you use it for is revenge/revenge fantasies, you'd still get more than your investment outta' it.