Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren

Alan Coren

ISBN 10: 184767321X / ISBN 13: 9781847673213

Published by Canongate Books, 2009

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: Sumérgete en el ingenio y humor británico con 'Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren', una antología que celebra la obra del reconocido humorista Alan Coren. Editado por sus hijos, Giles y Victoria, este libro recopila los mejores ensayos y piezas cómicas de Coren, ofreciendo una mirada hilarante a la vida cotidiana y la cultura británica del siglo XX. Con su prosa pulida y observaciones agudas, Coren te hará reír a carcajadas mientras exploras temas tan diversos como la realeza, los deportes y las peculiaridades de la sociedad. EAN: 9781847673213 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren Autor: Alan Coren Editorial: Canongate Books Idioma: en Páginas: 448 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184767321X
• ISBN 13: 9781847673213
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The Queen at a loose end playing I-Spy, QPR fans arguing at the cheese counter, prank phone calls to Mao Tse-Tung, the Roman tax collector Glutinus Sinus dealing with the mud-caked Britons, Gatling guns, an Italian driving school, herons, hearing aids, hosepipe bans, talking parrots . . . Welcome to the wonderful world of the late, great Alan Coren.

About the Author

Alan Coren (27 June 1938 - 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as 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 nine years was the editor of Punch magazine.