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One of those coffee table books that represent most of Priestley's output from the 1970's. Here with some desperately dull chapters and some highly entertaining ones Priestley surveys English humour from Chaucer to Monty Python although the accent is very much on the earlier material. The vast majority of the book looks at literary humour, with a particularly winning chapter "A load of nonsense" dealing with Carroll and Lear. In "Clowns and the comic stage" Priestley deals far too quickly with Music Hall, Radio and Television comedy. But the highlight of the book is the finale chapter an engrossing survey of "English Comic art" which deals with cartoonists from Hogarth to Giles.
Ça se lit vite, c'est sympa sans être transcendant. Un joli petit conte dans la même veine mais sans l'égaler du "Petit Prince" de Saint-Exupéry.
** spoiler alert ** Loved it just as much as the first one. I sometimes think the author uses some words that are unnecessarily big/obscure though, but thankfully I have my trusty kindle with a built in dictionary. I think for a book that is targeted to YA it's a little excessive with the vocab. That being said, the plot is really interesting and it keeps your head stuck in the book wanting to know what happens next. I can't wait to finish the 3rd took, to find out if Jace/Clary really are related and what will happen to Valentine.