Humorous fiction

Anthony Powell's celebrated early novel turns to English rural society to caricature a socially aspiring artist and his disastrous ambition to marry well.

She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips.

Is there a cure for a broken heart?

What surprises might life have in store for you?

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece.

**NOW A MAJOR FILM****SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE**It is winter-time and Eileen Dunlop is dreaming of escaping her life.

Chester Royde, an American millionaire, travels to Scotland with his new bride Carrie and sister Myrtle, to find out more about Carrie's Scottish ancestry.

Probably the most autobiographical of his novels, From the Diary of a Snail balances the agonising history of the persecuted Danzig Jews with an account of Grass's political campaigning with Willie Brandt.

In his daily cartoon for the Guardian and his long-running strip, IF, in the same paper, Steve Bell has proved that he is without equal in Britain as political cartoonist.

*The fourth book of the classic comic series about the 'sweaty, charming, paunchy, sad, hilarious man' who faked his own death.

Kate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy.

Every time someone changes sex, there's one less freak in the worldMeet the Divots.

Alan and Ange are on a train, heading for London.

When pretty young TV researcher Nicky Proctor visits Cafe Henry in London's Soho, Henry Pratt's life changes forever.

THE COMPLETE PRATT compiles the first three volumes of the misadventures of Henry Pratt, beginning with a brilliantly funny evocation of a Yorkshire boyhood in SECOND FROM LAST IN THE SACK RACE; Henry's first job is as a cub reporter on the Thurmarsh Evening Argus, told in PRATT OF THE ARGUS, hailed by Sue Townsend as 'very funny'.

Henry Pratt, back home from National Service, is a man at last.

It is 1957.

Born into poverty, saddled with a born loser and parrot-strangler for a dad, short sighted and ungainly, young Henry Pratt doesn't exactly have a head start in life.

This hilarious episode in the remarkable exploits of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin follows our hero on his most ambitious venture yet.

This hilarious sequel to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin follows his absurd trials and tribulations as he finds himself swept to fame and fortune.

AS READ ON RADIO 4'Manages to find joy in the trivial and creates farce out of monotony .

Does one desire the Yule-tide spirit, sir?

Jane Austen's Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility' Observer Emma is young, rich and independent.

Why are we all so hostile?

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie starring Jim Broadbent - an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1830 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1831 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1835 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

From the Father of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, Nicolai Gogol's The Overcoat is one of the greatest short stories of all time.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in the 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in the 19th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1836 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

I often think my mother would prefer colonic irrigation to hanging out with me.

Bold, bewildering, and utterly unique, Finnegans Wake is James Joyce's final and most daring work, an experimental tour de force that redefined the possibilities of language, narrative, and meaning.

This early work by G.

In a society of anthropomorphised canines, Gissing, a debonair young dog about town, adopts some orphaned puppies and begins to yearn for a more meaningful existence than his pleasant life in suburban Canine Estates.

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This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.

This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction.

Gulliver's Travels is a satire, written by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745).

This vintage book contains Robert Smith Surtees' 1849 novel, "e;Mr.

Where The Blue Begins - Written by Christopher Morley and illustrated by Arthur Rackham is a story of an anthropomorphized dog named Mr.

The Vicar of Wakefield, subtitled, 'A Tale Supposed to be written by Himself' - is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774).

This edition of Grimm Tales Made Gay, contains parodies of many of the Brothers Grimm's narratives - as never seen before.

This early novel is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

This thrilling adventure novel is a whirlwind tour of the globe and the source of inspiration for many famed explorers.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.