Humour Books > T Humour Books > less than 5 GBP

Advantages: Humorous, got some good tips
Disadvantages: Some might not find it funny

... The Genre 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do is a humorous book, so I would certainly say it falls into the Humour category and the publisher obviously agrees as this is what says above the barcode on the back, although some may say it could be a Reference book due to the recipes and suchlike in it. The Author This is what it says in the front of the book: "The son of a sex therapist and a sometime Dominican friar, Tom spent his early ...
...at a cloistered university. He began his professional career with a number of false starts as a teacher, set designer, double bass player, speechwriter, printer, toyshop manager, lyricist, wine waiter, City consultant, puppet maker, typographer, magazine editor, bandleader, portrait painter, radio reporter, cartoonist, and ghost writer for Cardinal Hume, before leaving the rat-race to spend more time with his slippers. Tom has written two acclaimed ... Read review

Advantages: Characters now have form!
Disadvantages: Over a bit too quickly

PLOT = On the Discworld, which lies on the backs of four elephants carried through space on a giant space turtle called A’Tuin, there is a high mountain and on the top is Dunmanifestin, where some of the gods of the Discworld take their time to play with the lives of man, and right now they are involved in game that could affect the lives of all on the Discworld. Cohen is a legend, who remembers high adventure and when you weren’t told off ...
...are going to return what the first hero stole, with a vengeance. Only this could mean the end of the world if no one stops them in time… When the news of this quest reaches Ankh-Morpork, the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, consults the Wizards of the Unseen University, to ask whether it was possible to send someone to the mountain before Cohen and his horde reach the gods and persuade them to turn back, unfortunately there is no way of using magic to ... Read review

Advantages: Usual tom Sharpe Hilarity
Disadvantages: None

...of fancy, this time concerning the world of publishing. The unlikely premise is that an author has a manuscript that he wants published yet, for reasons that may become clear, cannot allow his own name to be associated with it. The hard-bitten literary agent involved comes up with a solution that pleases everyone. There is a hopeless writer on his books who would do almost anything to get his name on the cover of a book and a deal is soon struck. ...
...Sharpe style, and the real author remains in obscurity whilst the imposter embarks on a book promotion tour of the USA, with about as many misunderstandings, awkward situations and disasters is any sane person could possibly imagine. The core action takes place in the deep south Bible belt where the bizarre and unbelievable is commonplace. It involves religious fanaticism, venomous snakes, corporate greed, lust and a generous sprinkling of naivety ... Read review

Advantages: Funny and an interesting continuation of the Rincewind story.
Disadvantages: Not quite as good as the other Discworld books and a little short.

...is a demon in disguise Eric commands him to grant him three wishes; to be ruler of the world, to meet the most beautiful woman in all of history and to be immortal. Unfortunately for Eric, Rincewind is hardly a wizard let alone a Demon. But under threat of being sent to back to some Dungeon Dimension Rincewind tries his best to grant his new "Master's" wishes... Although things don't quite go according to plans. Like all Pratchett's Discworld books, ...
...(even to the extent that the title of the book actually has the name Faust crossed out above the "new title" of Eric) but also parodies greek epics, mayan culture and even hell itself. I enjoyed this book, although I don't think it is quite up to the standard of the other Discworld books I have read so far but it does provide an answer to what happened to Rincewind after the events of Sourcery. Even though its not as good as the other Discworld ... Read review

Advantages: hilarious
Disadvantages: none

...*Can he buy a used air stewardess uniform for his wife to wear in order to spice up their sex life? *Can the pilot stop making announcements about what can be seen out of a certain side of the plane (ie. "Those on the left side will be able to see Spain") as it causes problems with the people on the side of the plane who can't see it? Sometimes it isn't even the original query which is the funniest part, but the follow-up. It is as if Ravenscroft ...
...can, to see how long they will continue to take his request seriously, and when they will finally give up and not bother to reply. At times this takes quite some time, which I suppose says a lot for the customer service industry! One of his pranks in particular went on for quite a while as he wrote a letter to an airline saying he was a 42 stone man and he wanted to know whether or not there would be any seats which would accommodate him. The airline ... Read review