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Alan Coren (1938–2007)

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Verk av Alan Coren

The Sanity Inspector (1974) 61 exemplar
The Alan Coren Omnibus (1998) 41 exemplar
Arthur's Last Stand (1977) 40 exemplar
69 for 1 (2007) 31 exemplar
Railroad Arthur (1977) 30 exemplar
The Cricklewood Diet (1982) 30 exemplar
Arthur and the Great Detective (1980) 29 exemplar
Arthur the Kid (1976) 26 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1987 (1987) 25 exemplar
Bumf (1984) 23 exemplar
The Cricklewood Tapestry (2000) 22 exemplar
Tissues for Men (1981) 21 exemplar
A Year in Cricklewood (1991) 20 exemplar
Something for the Weekend (1986) 19 exemplar
A Bit on the Side (1995) 19 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1986 (1986) 19 exemplar
All Except the Bastard (1969) 18 exemplar
The Dog It Was That Died (1976) 18 exemplar
The Best of Alan Coren (1980) 16 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1984 (1984) 16 exemplar
Toujours Cricklewood? (1993) 16 exemplar
The Cricklewood Dome (1998) 15 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1985 (1985) 14 exemplar
Bin Ends (1987) 13 exemplar
Waiting for Jeffrey (2002) 13 exemplar
The Best of Larry (1983) 12 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1980 (1980) 12 exemplar
The Peanut Papers (1688) 11 exemplar
Klondike Arthur (1978) 11 exemplar
Buffalo Arthur (1976) 10 exemplar
More Like Old Times (1990) 10 exemplar
The Punch Book of Kids (1974) 9 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1983 (1983) 9 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1979 (1979) 7 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1982 (1982) 7 exemplar
Pick of Punch 1978 (1978) 6 exemplar
The Punch book of crime (1976) 5 exemplar
Present Laughter (1982) 4 exemplar
'Punch' in the country (1975) 4 exemplar
Alan Coren's Sunday best (1993) 3 exemplar
Modern Humour (1984) 3 exemplar
Yksinäinen Artturi (1977) 1 exemplar

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The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Bidragsgivare — 292 exemplar
The British Character (1938) — Förord, vissa utgåvor64 exemplar
Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1982) — Bidragsgivare — 29 exemplar
There's a Lot of It About (1985) — Förord — 3 exemplar

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There are some pieces in here that I remembered fondly and which still resonate with me. Coren had a gifted sense not only for the absurdity of life but for how to show the absurdity even in everyday, taken-for-granted situations. Some pieces in here have, however, not aged well, and while the intro tries to "manage" some of his imperialist and racist attitudes, a couple of his commentaries on other nations. And some of the humor is too much predicated on punching down, for my taste. What saves the collection, however, is that Coren's target is just as often himself, and shining through all these pieces is his love of the variety and range and downright strangeness of the English language.… (mer)
 
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BornAnalog | 3 andra recensioner | Jan 23, 2022 |
Very dated, as it was published in 1976 with comments on topical issues; but the first article is still brilliant!
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KayCliff | 1 annan recension | Jun 21, 2021 |
A few good, laugh-out-loud pieces, but I was mostly pretty underwhelmed by these for some reason. The introduction was in some ways funnier than the rest of it ...
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JBD1 | 3 andra recensioner | Feb 26, 2020 |

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Verk
67
Även av
5
Medlemmar
1,180
Popularitet
#21,785
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
12
ISBN
144
Språk
7
Favoritmärkt
7

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