This virtually unobtainable collection of stories includes the tale of a postman who is kidnapped by a small village which wishes to attract Rome's attention. This is a great pity, because it is achingly funny. Michael von Poser is a contemporary German writer whose work reaches only a very small audience. Die Gefangennahme eines Postboten (The Capture of a Postman) by Michael von Poser He wrote beautifully and with great compassion, something regrettably lacking in some humorous writing. RK Narayan's Malgudi novels are humorous gems and it is a great pity that they are not better known. Jim's misfortune with the counterpane is a warning to all house guests. The modern academic comedy owes a great debt to Lucky Jim, which is still a very amusing book. Lucky Jim by Kingsley AmisĪcademia is a very obvious target for the humorist. One might feel a bit sad reading him today, because we know the world of his characters is doomed and will be replaced by a new form of nastiness. So we are told at the beginning of this extraordinary tale. Mr Salteena, "an elderly man of 42", enjoys inviting young girls to stay with him. The Young Visiters (sic) by Daisy Ashford
The humour here is dry as a dog biscuit, which suits Edinburgh very well. She admires Mussolini and has a marvellous turn of phrase, especially when describing the gaseous domains of chemistry teachers. Miss Brodie teaches at an Edinburgh girls' school. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
It may be cheating to add this, but Tom Holt deserves the very greatest praise for writing two quite brilliant Benson books with the blessing of the Benson Estate. And one might always join the Tilling Society, which is composed of admirers of these books. Mapp and Lucia by EF BensonĪll of Benson's Mapp and Lucia books deserve to be on this list this is glorious comic writing, made all the funnier by the fact that the jokes are repeated many times.
His latest work is a collection of short stories, Portuguese Irregular Verbs.
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He is best known for his series about a female Botswanan detective, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith is a professor of medical ethics at Edinburgh university and the author of more than 50 books.
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