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The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book was a fundraising book issued on behalf of Comic Relief in 1986. It was edited by Douglas Adams and Peter Fincham and is of particular interest to fans of Adams' work as it contains several items which are hard to find or exclusive to the collection. Besides the novella Young Zaphod Plays it Safe, which has since appeared in The Salmon of Doubt, among other places, the book also contains Adams' short story "The Private Life of Genghis Khan", "A Christmas Fairly Story" (written in collaboration with Terry Jones) and a Supplement to The Meaning of Liff.
The book also contains exclusive additions to Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series and Stephen Pile's "Book of Heroic Failures", and material from comedians such as Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson, as well as tie-ins to popular TV comedies of the day including The Young Ones and Spitting Image.
It should be noted that the cover of the book usually bears the tagline "This book will change your life!", either as an integral part of its cover or as an adhesive label.
For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words.
The book is named after the town of Liff in Scotland.
The UtterlyUtterlyMerryComicReliefChristmasBook was a fundraising book issued on behalf of ComicRelief in 1986.
The book is of particular interest to fans of Douglas Adams' work as it contains several items written by him which are hard to find or exclusive to the collection.
The book promised that profits would be distributed "80% to SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND and OXFAM for famine relief and 20% to Charity Projects to support young people faced with the problems of drug abuse, homelessness and disability here in Britain."
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