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Works by Alan Coren

The Sanity Inspector (1974) 61 copies
The Alan Coren Omnibus (1998) 41 copies
Arthur's Last Stand (1977) 39 copies
69 for 1 (2007) 31 copies
Railroad Arthur (1977) 30 copies
The Cricklewood Diet (1982) 30 copies
Arthur the Kid (1976) 26 copies
Pick of Punch 1987 (1987) 24 copies
Bumf (1984) 23 copies
Tissues for Men (1981) 21 copies
The Cricklewood Tapestry (2000) 21 copies
A Year in Cricklewood (1991) 20 copies
A Bit on the Side (1995) 19 copies
Something for the Weekend (1986) 19 copies
Pick of Punch 1986 (1986) 19 copies
All Except the Bastard (1969) 18 copies
The Dog It Was That Died (1976) 18 copies
The Best of Alan Coren (1980) 16 copies
Pick of Punch 1984 (1984) 16 copies
Toujours Cricklewood? (1993) 16 copies
The Cricklewood Dome (1998) 15 copies
Pick of Punch 1985 (1985) 14 copies
Bin Ends (1987) 13 copies
Waiting for Jeffrey (2002) 13 copies
The Best of Larry (1983) 12 copies
Pick of Punch 1980 (1980) 12 copies
The Peanut Papers (1688) 11 copies
Klondike Arthur (1978) 11 copies
Buffalo Arthur (1976) 10 copies
More Like Old Times (1990) 10 copies
The Punch Book of Kids (1974) 9 copies
Pick of Punch 1983 (1983) 9 copies
Pick of Punch 1979 (1979) 7 copies
Pick of Punch 1982 (1982) 7 copies
Pick of Punch 1978 (1978) 6 copies
The Punch book of crime (1976) 5 copies
Present Laughter (1982) 4 copies
'Punch' in the country (1975) 4 copies
Alan Coren's Sunday best (1993) 3 copies
Modern Humour (1984) 3 copies
Yksinäinen Artturi (1977) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Contributor — 291 copies
The British Character (1938) — Preface, some editions — 64 copies
Famous and Curious Animal Stories (1982) — Contributor — 29 copies
There's a Lot of It About (1985) — Foreword — 3 copies

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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.… (more)
 
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BornAnalog | 3 other reviews | Jan 23, 2022 |
Very dated, as it was published in 1976 with comments on topical issues; but the first article is still brilliant!
½
 
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KayCliff | 1 other review | 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 ...
½
 
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