December 2010
At our November meeting we entertained each other with readings from comic novels. Would you like something to brighten these dark days? Have a look at the following list recommended by the Group. (Open Book on BBC Radio 4 is now also looking at comic novels – copy cats!)
'It's a Long Way to Muckle Flugga' by W. R. Mitchell
'A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian' by Marina Lewycka
'The Finkler Question' by Howard Jacobson
'The Complete Molesworth' by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Sesrle
'Cider with Rosie' by Laurie Lee
'Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall' by Spike Milligan
'Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts' by Spike Milligan
'The Little World of Don Camillo' by Giovanni Guareschi
'The Diary of a Nobody' by George and Weedon Grossmith
'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome
'The Education of Hyman Kaplan' by Leo Rosten
'Notes from a Small Island' by Bill Bryson
'Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons
'The Eliza Stories' by Barry Pain
'Pickwick Papers' by Charles Dickens
'England Their England' by A.G. MacDonald
'Lake Wobegon Days' by Garrison Keillor