What made the most difference, I think, is that I have read some Lawrence, some Hardy, some interwar psychoanalytical novels in the interrim. Perhaps my pleasure will go up in four-yearly increments, leaving me in delirium by the time I’m 98. I read Cold Comfort Farm in January 2004, and re-read it last week for Book Group – what had been enjoyed at 18 was delighted in at 22. And trying to work out why something is funny kills the humour. Why do I find something funny? Goodness knows. But I think humour in a book is the most difficult thing to define, encapsulate or explain. Quite a bold statement to make, and knowing that lots of you have already read it, I probaly have to justify my position… I’ll do my best. Well, it’s time to nail my colours to the mast – I love, love, love Cold Comfort Farm and think it’s in the top ten funniest books I’ve ever read. So inte resting to read the views of others before I throw my own out there, must try that again some time.Īnd what an interesting disparity there is amongst you! Some love some loathe some fairly indifferent. Today, I just couldn’t leave you mystified as to my opinions concerning Ms. I’m just back from a very enjoyable meet-up in London with some bookish people, more on that in the near future.
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