Book review: Nineteen Seventy-Nine

by Rhona Cameron

22/09/2006 … This isn't exactly one of those books you approach with feverish glee.

by Mark Steel

22/09/2006 … Vive La Revolution is, very possibly, a first - a comedian tackling a serious subject seriously, adding jokes only to lighten the read.

by The Pythons

22/09/2006 … The most obvious thing about this glossy coffee-table tome - which threatens to be the last book the Pythons will write together - is its sheer beauty.

Stewart Lee's debut novel reviewed

22/09/2006 … For a while, it seemed that every comedian who ever appeared on TV would make a leap onto the publishing bandwagon, using whatever fame they had as a springboard…

by Dominic Holland

22/09/2006 … Dominic Holland's first attempt at swapping the gladiatorial arena of the stand-up circuit for the tranquil dignity of a novelist's career is a breezy 21st century…

by Gary Morecambe

22/09/2006 … What can you say about Eric Morecambe that hasn't already been said? The answer, it seems, is very little - even from the mouth of his own son.

Book review: Goodbye Again - The Definitive Peter Cook And Dudley Moore

22/09/2006 … Reading a book of comedy scripts is never going to be as satisfying or as funny as watching them being performed, that much is obvious.

Book review: Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait

by Rena Fruchter

22/09/2006 … The rise and fall of Dudley Moore is, by now, a well-known story.