George Mikes (1912–1987)

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1. George Mikes

   Author of The Land of the Rising Yen, Switzerland for Beginners, Shakespeare and Myself

2. P. G. Wodehouse

   Author of Jeeves in the Offing, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Ukridge

3. Evelyn Waugh

   Author of Black Mischief, Put Out More Flags, A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography

4. Spike Milligan

   Author of Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Rommel? Gunner Who?: A Confrontation in the Desert, A Book Of Bits Or A Bit Of A Book

5. David Lodge

   Author of Changing Places, Nice Work, The British Museum Is Falling Down

6. Nancy Mitford

   Author of Love in a Cold Climate, Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English, Voltaire in Love

7. Tom Sharpe

   Author of Riotous Assembly, Blott on the Landscape, The Great Pursuit

8. Kingsley Amis

   Author of The Old Devils, One Fat Englishman, The Riverside Villas Murder

9. C. Northcote Parkinson

   Author of Parkinson's Law, The law and the profits, In-laws and Outlaws

10. Frank Muir

    Author of Frank Muir Book: An Irreverent Companion to Social History, Take My Word for it, Upon My Word!

11. Stephen Potter

    Author of One-Upmanship: Being Some Account of the Activities and Teachings of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upnes, Lifemanship, Supermanship

12. Giovannino Guareschi

    Author of Comrade Don Camillo, Don Camillo's Dilemma, The Don Camillo omnibus

13. W.C. Sellar

    Author of 1066 and All That : a Memorable History of England, comprising, all the parts you can remember including one hundred and three good things, five bad kings, and two genuine dates [pub. 1930], And Now All This

14. René Goscinny

    Author of Asterix in Britain, Asterix at the Olympic Games

15. John Clifford Mortimer

    Author of The First Rumpole Omnibus, Clinging to the Wreckage, Rumpole and the Age of Miracles

16. Stephen Pile

    Author of Book of Heroic Failures: Official Handbook of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain

17. Malcolm Bradbury

    Author of The History Man, Eating People Is Wrong

18. G. K. Chesterton

    Author of The Complete Father Brown, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Club of Queer Trades

19. John Buchan

    Author of Greenmantle, The Three Hostages

20. Eric Partridge

    Author of Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English