1vidalia11
Sarah Caudwell wrote a series of mystery novels that are very witty and satirical.
Robert Barnard wrote some mystery novels that are very satirical, e.g. Death of an Old Goat.
The Monarch of the Glen is more of a romance (I think) but it's very funny.
Robert Barnard wrote some mystery novels that are very satirical, e.g. Death of an Old Goat.
The Monarch of the Glen is more of a romance (I think) but it's very funny.
2The_Other_Reader
The Richard Jury mysteries (certainly the early half dozen) by Martha Grimes have some hilarious interplay among the characters. (Although Grimes is American, the stories are definitely British.)
3devenish
Colin Watson wrote a fantastic series of crime novels,which are also really funny, under the general title of The Flaxborough Novels.Some of the best of them are Hopjoy Was Here Whatever's Been Going on in Mumblesby? and The Naked Nuns
There was a short television series which was also very good,some years ago,starring Anton Rogers as Inspector Purbright.
There was a short television series which was also very good,some years ago,starring Anton Rogers as Inspector Purbright.
4miss_read
Thanks to devenish's recommendation, I've read the first two of Colin Watson's Flaxborough novels. They're wonderful!
5roomsofbooks
I am a great fan of Colin Watson as well. I have a vague idea I did see some of the tv series and I think Brenda Bruce also starred in the series?
I do mourn that he is not better known. We just need to find a British tv producer/director excited about redoing the series
Oh! I'm replying to an 11 year old thread!
I do mourn that he is not better known. We just need to find a British tv producer/director excited about redoing the series
Oh! I'm replying to an 11 year old thread!
6pechmerle
>5 roomsofbooks: "Oh! I'm replying to an 11 year old thread!" Very much within the tradition of British eccentricity.
7MarthaJeanne
>6 pechmerle: And you are responding to a message almost 5 years old.
9cpg
C.S. Lewis: Collected Letters, Volume 1
In a long letter written to his brother on December 21, 1929, shortly after their father's death, after writing 4 pages of details about actions he has taken to dispose of the family estate, C.S. Lewis writes:
"Having got thus far, I begin to fear that the impression produced on you will be much as if I had written 'I have moved all the study furniture into our bedroom and carefully placed all our bedroom stuff in the hall: I have had the water closet seats pulled out and refixed in the little end room at a very moderate cost: I have sunk a swimming bath in the croquet lawn and been fortunate to dispose of a bushel of parsley to Bob Ewart for 9 and 1.2 d. The collection of bowler hats I am bringing to England to distribute among the dealers who offer the best figures. . .'"
In a long letter written to his brother on December 21, 1929, shortly after their father's death, after writing 4 pages of details about actions he has taken to dispose of the family estate, C.S. Lewis writes:
"Having got thus far, I begin to fear that the impression produced on you will be much as if I had written 'I have moved all the study furniture into our bedroom and carefully placed all our bedroom stuff in the hall: I have had the water closet seats pulled out and refixed in the little end room at a very moderate cost: I have sunk a swimming bath in the croquet lawn and been fortunate to dispose of a bushel of parsley to Bob Ewart for 9 and 1.2 d. The collection of bowler hats I am bringing to England to distribute among the dealers who offer the best figures. . .'"
