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Though the situation is dire & though I dislike denial & smokescreens. Here's something to unhitch anxiety for a while.
My #FavComicNovels (in no particular order)
No. 1
My Family & Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
This never fails to make me laugh even through illness
My #FavComicNovels (in no particular order)
No. 1
My Family & Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
This never fails to make me laugh even through illness
No. 2
Us by David Nicholls
This is indeed better & funnier than One Day and that's a high bar
#FavComicNovels
Us by David Nicholls
This is indeed better & funnier than One Day and that's a high bar
#FavComicNovels
No. 3
Loving & Giving by Molly Keane
Pretty hard to pick one Molly Keane novel and I'm not saying this is the funniest, quite a lot of them are very funny but for me best comic novel needs to do more than make you laugh. This does.
#FavComicNovels
Loving & Giving by Molly Keane
Pretty hard to pick one Molly Keane novel and I'm not saying this is the funniest, quite a lot of them are very funny but for me best comic novel needs to do more than make you laugh. This does.
#FavComicNovels
No. 4
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
About a dumb blonde gold-digger. Underneath the gags Loos is subtly poking fun not at the dumb blonde but everyone else. Written in 1928!
Still funny. The movie not quite as good as the book
#FavComicNovels
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
About a dumb blonde gold-digger. Underneath the gags Loos is subtly poking fun not at the dumb blonde but everyone else. Written in 1928!
Still funny. The movie not quite as good as the book
#FavComicNovels
No. 5
Postcards From the Edge by Carrie Fisher
I loved this and read it when it first came out.
Smart & acerbic this is probably my favourite kind of comedy, black humour.
#FavComicNovels
Postcards From the Edge by Carrie Fisher
I loved this and read it when it first came out.
Smart & acerbic this is probably my favourite kind of comedy, black humour.
#FavComicNovels
No 6
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
The film was good to ok. Maggie Smith was the perfect Lady but the book is so much funnier. Dry wit of Bennett, the absurdity of the situation & pathos too.
#FavComicNovels
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
The film was good to ok. Maggie Smith was the perfect Lady but the book is so much funnier. Dry wit of Bennett, the absurdity of the situation & pathos too.
#FavComicNovels
No 7
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
Has the power to make me cry with laughter as provincial lady in question attempts to keep up appearances.
Written in the 30's, Delafield was female despite gender neutral author name
#FavComicNovels
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
Has the power to make me cry with laughter as provincial lady in question attempts to keep up appearances.
Written in the 30's, Delafield was female despite gender neutral author name
#FavComicNovels
No 8
At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald
Like Molly Keane, Fitzgerald adds humour into every novel she wrote. This is perhaps the most obviously comic novel with some brilliantly grotesque characters. & No one writes a sentence like Fitzgerald. Class
#FavComicNovels
At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald
Like Molly Keane, Fitzgerald adds humour into every novel she wrote. This is perhaps the most obviously comic novel with some brilliantly grotesque characters. & No one writes a sentence like Fitzgerald. Class
#FavComicNovels
No 9
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Superb. Smart & thought-provoking.
I just listened to the audio book of this read by the unsurpassable Meryl Streep.
High-class humour
#FavComicNovels
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Superb. Smart & thought-provoking.
I just listened to the audio book of this read by the unsurpassable Meryl Streep.
High-class humour
#FavComicNovels
No 10
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
This was also written in the 30's & was a send up of the then craze for 'rural' novels as written by the likes of Mary Webb.
Very, very funny.
#FavComicNovels
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
This was also written in the 30's & was a send up of the then craze for 'rural' novels as written by the likes of Mary Webb.
Very, very funny.
#FavComicNovels
No 11
Where D'You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
I loved the character of Bernadette because she was so unusual, super-intelligent & someone no one else understood. An oddball
#FavComicNovels
Where D'You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
I loved the character of Bernadette because she was so unusual, super-intelligent & someone no one else understood. An oddball
#FavComicNovels
No 12
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
Strictly speaking this isn't really a novel but it is knicker-wettingly funny.
He was a funny man. Again had dry, acerbic wit with baleful notes.
#FavComicNovels
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James
Strictly speaking this isn't really a novel but it is knicker-wettingly funny.
He was a funny man. Again had dry, acerbic wit with baleful notes.
#FavComicNovels
No 13
Mapp & Lucia by E.F. Benson
Another comic novel written 20's/30's!
I imagine after slaughter of WW1 everyone need a good laugh.
This takes the piss out of the snobbery of the English in genteel village. TV series with Prunella Scales was brilliant.
#FavComicNovels
Mapp & Lucia by E.F. Benson
Another comic novel written 20's/30's!
I imagine after slaughter of WW1 everyone need a good laugh.
This takes the piss out of the snobbery of the English in genteel village. TV series with Prunella Scales was brilliant.
#FavComicNovels
No 14
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
My favourite Evelyn Waugh & it's more of a novella & gets forgotten. He wrote many great comic novels.
Funeral business in Hollywood & the ex-pat community in film industry.
This is a quick but very funny & well observed read
#FavComicNovels
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
My favourite Evelyn Waugh & it's more of a novella & gets forgotten. He wrote many great comic novels.
Funeral business in Hollywood & the ex-pat community in film industry.
This is a quick but very funny & well observed read
#FavComicNovels
Narrowing down my favourites.
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Us by David Nicholls
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Us by David Nicholls
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald
