Keeping Quiet by Julian Dutton
24/04/2015 … Visual clowning might fall out of fashion from time to time but as Sky's announcement of a series of physical comedies this week demonstrates, each generation has…
Latest Books
Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Fri 24 April 2015
Fri 09 January 2015
Cosby: His Life And Times by Mark Whitaker
09/01/2015 … It's not what this sizeable biography of Bill Cosby says that's significant, but what it doesn't.
Thu 27 November 2014
Ayoade On Ayoade
27/11/2014 … Ayoade On Ayoade is a book that could only have been written by Richard Ayoade.
Fri 31 October 2014
We Need To Talk About Kevin Bridges
31/10/2014 … Kevin Bridges has already gone through all the 'who on earth wants to read this?' doubts of being a young comedian writing his autobiography.
Thu 30 October 2014
© Joe Mabel / Creative Commons Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
30/10/2014 … In his first novel for five years, Nick Hornby evokes an alternative history of British comedy in which the nation falls in love with a Lucille Ball-like figure,…
Thu 02 October 2014
More Fool Me by Stephen Fry
02/10/2014 … The big revelation, of course, is that Stephen Fry snorted coke at Buckingham Palace and the House Of Commons.
Fri 26 September 2014
Only When I Laugh by Paul Merton
26/09/2014 … Paul Merton has written about his life in showbusiness before.
Mon 22 September 2014
Hopeful by Omid Djalili
22/09/2014 … Omid Djalili’s autobiography is full of surprises.