Selected from The book of heroic failures. Originally published: London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1979 and The return of heroic failures. Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1988.
The not terribly good book of heroic failures : an intrepid selection from the original volumes by Stephen Pile. ISBN 9780571277339. Published by Faber in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.