Getting Even – The Complete Book of Dirty Tricks, by George Hayduke

Getting Even – The Complete Book of Dirty Tricks, by George Hayduke. 1980 softcover. 208 pages, very nice condition.

The classic is a hilarious overview of practical jokes, tricks, and devious ways to retaliate against individuals or organizations. These dirty tricks range from the simple to the elaborate, including more sophisticated schemes devised by CIA and Mafia members and political dirty tricksters. It is a compilation of the most ingenious tricks cooked up by Hayduke and his friends. Remedies for such varied situations as continual computer billing errors, terminally misplaced plane luggage, exorbitant legal fees, excessive telephone and electric charges, and myriad examples of day-to-day dealings with incompetent bureaucrats are all here. But the author also goes after the smaller irritants in life: the neighbor's chronically barking dog, the merciless landlord, the tyrannical boss, the roving lover, and more.