Vladimir Putin: Life Coach Hardcover – Illustrated, 13 Sept. 2018

While reading this and leaving it lying around, so many friends took the title literally. Although probably not to everyone’s taste, it is highly amusing and clever in the way the author has (allegedly) taken the character traits of an (alleged) tyrant and turned them into a self-help manual.

You should buy it just for the cover photo. How they hilariously superimposed his face in such a ridiculous pose is brilliant.

I bought this around Christmas time around £5 delivered, and it was the hard back version so it was reasonable value for money. The contents I could only really describe as poop-time reading. Each page almost stands alone as an easily digestable unchallenging but entertaining snippet, often extrapolating a colourful story from a news snippet, and then adding a twist suggesting ways you could draw on it to 'be more vlad' in your own life. The type size is larger than I expected, so the actual volume of content feels a little stretched out, as the density per page is very low, with the entire left side of the double-page spreads generally being an illustration by Tom Sears in a style that reminds me of John Callahan. I bought this for myself, but I suspect it would make a better token gift for someone, even if they would only even flick through it, each page spread generally works as a stand-alone piece. Mildly entertaining execution of a very amusing concept. Can't complain!

Bought this as a joke gift for my brother, he loved Putin and he loved this book. Great quality despite it being a joke book!

Life changing read .. after reading and taking notes ... Ready to take over the world 👍

Fairly jovial book as poor humour to Explain some of the aspects of this mr putin

This man taught me all I know.I’m a megalomaniac dictatorial squillionaire despot too. And it’s to VPs book that I owe my success. He could be a life coach to you too.

Very witty -excellent Christmas present buy now before they sell out !