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Œuvres de Alan Coren

The Sanity Inspector (1974) 61 exemplaires
The Penguin Book of Modern Humour (1983) 46 exemplaires
Golfing for Cats (Coronet Books) (1975) 46 exemplaires
The Alan Coren Omnibus (1998) 41 exemplaires
Arthur's Last Stand (1977) 40 exemplaires
The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions (1977) 33 exemplaires
69 for 1 (2007) 31 exemplaires
Railroad Arthur (1977) 30 exemplaires
The Cricklewood Diet (1982) 30 exemplaires
Arthur and the Great Detective (1980) 29 exemplaires
Arthur the Kid (1976) 26 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1987 (1987) 25 exemplaires
Bumf (1984) 23 exemplaires
The Cricklewood Tapestry (2000) 22 exemplaires
Tissues for Men (1981) 21 exemplaires
A Year in Cricklewood (1991) 20 exemplaires
The rhinestone as big as the Ritz (1979) 20 exemplaires
Something for the Weekend (1986) 19 exemplaires
A Bit on the Side (1995) 19 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1986 (1986) 19 exemplaires
All Except the Bastard (1969) 18 exemplaires
The Dog It Was That Died (1976) 18 exemplaires
The Best of Alan Coren (1980) 16 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1984 (1984) 16 exemplaires
Toujours Cricklewood? (1993) 16 exemplaires
The Cricklewood Dome (1998) 15 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1985 (1985) 14 exemplaires
Bin Ends (1987) 13 exemplaires
Waiting for Jeffrey (2002) 13 exemplaires
The Best of Larry (1983) 12 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1980 (1980) 12 exemplaires
The Peanut Papers (1688) 11 exemplaires
Klondike Arthur (1978) 11 exemplaires
Buffalo Arthur (1976) 10 exemplaires
De avonturen van de Lone Arthur (1977) 10 exemplaires
More Like Old Times (1990) 10 exemplaires
The Punch Book of Kids (1974) 9 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1983 (1983) 9 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1979 (1979) 7 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1982 (1982) 7 exemplaires
Pick of Punch 1978 (1978) 6 exemplaires
The Punch book of crime (1976) 5 exemplaires
Present Laughter (1982) 4 exemplaires
'Punch' in the country (1975) 4 exemplaires
"Punch" Book of Short Stories (1981) 3 exemplaires
Alan Coren's Sunday best (1993) 3 exemplaires
Modern Humour (1984) 3 exemplaires
Yksinäinen Artturi (1977) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Contributeur — 292 exemplaires
The British Character (1938) — Préface, quelques éditions64 exemplaires
Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1982) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
The Defective Detective: Mystery Parodies by the Great Humorists (1992) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
There's a Lot of It About (1985) — Avant-propos — 3 exemplaires

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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.… (plus d'informations)
 
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BornAnalog | 3 autres critiques | 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 autre critique | 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 autres critiques | Feb 26, 2020 |

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67
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