Author of a series of comic novels that focused on the tragi-comic nature of relationships and the general absurdities of lifeMavis Cheek, who has died aged 75, was the author of a series of comic novels that cast an acute eye on middle-class marriage and relationships and marked her out as one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-04 16:07:50 UTC ]
The shelf of funny fiction is not much longer than a knock-knock joke, but we have a few options to recommend. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
Three debut novelists are in the running for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic novels. Writer Caitlin Moran, actress Helen Lederer and Nina Stibbe have all made the shortlist for the prize, alongside Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh and Joseph O'Neill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 22/07/2011 - 14:05 Asterix the Gaul is the latest character to get Where's Wally?-style treatment, with the publication of Where's Asterix? (hb, £8.99) coming from Orion, the series' UK licensor, in September. The book has already been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]