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In the past couple years I came across several delightfully funny, sometimes hilarious, British authors previously unknown to me: Rose Macaulay, George Macdonald Fraser and John Biggins. Here are my partial reviews of one book apiece with links to the full review on Amazon.com. (If you do read the full review, please cast a vote on whether it was helpful or not.)
Macaulay's Towers of Trebizond is a particular favorite of mine with one of the great opening line: "Take my camel dear..." It's one those rare books that you want everyone to read and enjoy it as much you did.
The Towers of Trebizond (New York Review Books Classics)
by Rose Macaulay
Macaulay's Towers of Trebizond is a particular favorite of mine with one of the great opening line: "Take my camel dear..." It's one those rare books that you want everyone to read and enjoy it as much you did.
The Towers of Trebizond (New York Review Books Classics)
by Rose Macaulay
Take my camel, dear, August 12, 2006
Review by Douglas S. Wood "Vicarious Life" (Monona, WI) - See all my reviews ...the Towers of Trebizond was a great hit in the UK and US back in the 1950's. This book is a mostly hilarious sendup of conventional society (primarily British, but others do not escape unscathed) in the form of a travelogue and memoir of a youngish upper middle-class English woman who travels to Turkey with her Aunt Dot and their High Anglican minister Hugh Chantry-Pigg. Read the entire review.
Review by Douglas S. Wood "Vicarious Life" (Monona, WI) - See all my reviews ...the Towers of Trebizond was a great hit in the UK and US back in the 1950's. This book is a mostly hilarious sendup of conventional society (primarily British, but others do not escape unscathed) in the form of a travelogue and memoir of a youngish upper middle-class English woman who travels to Turkey with her Aunt Dot and their High Anglican minister Hugh Chantry-Pigg. Read the entire review.
Rescue John Biggins From Undeserved Obscurity!, February 16, 2007
In 'Sailor of Austria', John Biggins introduced Otto Prohaska, captain of an Austro-Hungarian submarine during the Great War. The tale is told from Prohaska's perspective as a 100-year old resident of a nursing home in rural Wales....reminiscent of George MacDonald Fraser's 'Flashman', as others have remarked, but darker. At times the book is laugh-out-loud funny - particularly early in the book when the dire consequences of a submarine crew fed on rotten cabbage stew leads to a serendipitous result. Highest recommendation.
In 'Sailor of Austria', John Biggins introduced Otto Prohaska, captain of an Austro-Hungarian submarine during the Great War. The tale is told from Prohaska's perspective as a 100-year old resident of a nursing home in rural Wales....reminiscent of George MacDonald Fraser's 'Flashman', as others have remarked, but darker. At times the book is laugh-out-loud funny - particularly early in the book when the dire consequences of a submarine crew fed on rotten cabbage stew leads to a serendipitous result. Highest recommendation.
Read the entire review.
Flashy, you young devil!, September 13, 2006
Harry Flashman, aka Flashy, is a coward and a cad, not to mention one horny devil. His sense of self-preservation is exceeded only by his most incredible luck. 'Flashman' begins the series... Absolutely hilarious. Highest recommendation.
Harry Flashman, aka Flashy, is a coward and a cad, not to mention one horny devil. His sense of self-preservation is exceeded only by his most incredible luck. 'Flashman' begins the series... Absolutely hilarious. Highest recommendation.
Read the entire review.
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