Ben Lewis

Hammer & Tickle
A History of Communism told through Communist Jokes
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in both paperback and hardcover 2009

To buy your copy, use the links below:

• order your ENGLISH copy on Amazon
• order the GERMAN version: Das komische Manifest: Kommunismus und Satire von 1917-89
• ITALIAN version: Falce e sberleffo. Una storia del comunismo attraverso la satira. Ovvero: le barzellette che hanno fatto crollare il muro
• in PORTUGUESE: Foice Martelo. A Outra História do Comunismo Contada em Anedotas Comunistas
• the SLOVENIAN version: Smeh in Kladivo
• or in POLISH? Śmiech i młot. Historia komunizmu w dowcipach

Here’s a collection of press releases about the book:

• Sunday Times
• Telegraph
• The Scotsman
• New Statesman
• The Economist
• Metro
• Russia Today