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Recently returned from the dead, Alan Coren finds that the world has changed little in his absence: children still turn to Winston Churchill to save them from school dinners; Clark Gable snuggles as ever against the bristly chest of his lover Errol Flynn (despite having been captured on video by the entire British delegation of a Hong Kong sales conference); and hysterectomies continue to be performed by enthusiastic poulterers. As for Coren himself, despite bearing the distinguished rank of full colonel in the Confederate Air Force, he remains plagued by recurring nightmares that his membership of the P.G. Wodehouse Society has been poached by a Polish imposter in spats. England’s best-loved humorist finds time to explain why Cannon & Ball have relaunched themselves as Pride & Prejudice; to work out that if J.K. Rowling had put all her Harry Potter income on Archer’s Folly in the 3.15 at Haydock Park she would be richer than Bill Gates; and to reveal exactly why he took Princess Michael of Kent to see the smuttiest statue in London.
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Alan Coren is the author of more than 30 books of humor for adults and children and writes a weekly column for The Times.
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"Not just a funny writer, but a comic genius." —The Observer
"The funniest writer in Britain today . . . the undisputed guvnor." —The Sunday Times
"Mr. Coren has a wildness and an astringency all his own." —New Yorker
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- PublisherJR Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 190621736X
- ISBN 13 9781906217365
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages196
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Recently returned from the dead - see book for details - Alan Coren finds that the world has changed little in his absence. Threatened by Josef Mengele's poisoned chickens, children still turn to Winston Churchill to save them from school dinners, Clark Gable snuggles, as ever, against the bristly chest of his lover Errol Flynn (despite having been captured on video by the entire British delegation of a Hong Kong sales conference), and, though the NHS budget has soared to record heights, hysterectomies throughout the queendom continue to be performed by enthusiastic poulterers.As for Coren himself, despite bearing the distinguished rank of full colonel in the Confederate Air Force, he remains plagued by recurrent nightmares that his membership of the P.G. Wodehouse Society has been poached by a Polish imposter in spats. Nightmares can get that way if your every waking moment is infested with worries about the American takeover of HP Sauce.Nevertheless, England's best-loved living humourist - and, until quite recently, best-loved dead one, too - has still found time between these covers to explain why Cannon and Ball have relaunched themselves as "Pride and Prejudice", to work out that if J. K. Rowling had put all her "Harry Potter" income on Archer's "Folly" in the "3.15 at Haydock Park" she would be richer than Bill Gates, and to reveal exactly why he took Princess Michael of Kent to see the smuttiest statue in London.For that is the world in which Alan Coren, by a stroke of luck, lives. This first edition copy is sold in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 002475
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Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Coren, Alan. 69 for 1. 2nd impression. London: R Books, 2007. Hardback, VG+ in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear to top edge. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. vii, 184pp., contents clean and bright. Alan Coren (27 June 1938 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of Punch magazine. Alan Coren (27 June 1938 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of Punch magazine. 69 brief aperçus about life, the universe and everything - each one mildly droll, definitely worth reading. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1664028468046
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