Literary Humor Aficionado Gifts

'We know it's good...we had an excellent ghost writer.'

The thriving city of Eden as it appeared in fact

Waiting for Godot, Summer of '96; They Do Not Move.

"He's not working to his full voltage."

"I'm not angry, but in the future I’d prefer it if you chewed up her Sue Graftons, not my P.G. Wodehouses."

'This book so so rare it's never been published.'

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

'Don't worry, you're safe. I started my diet today.'

Multi-Generational Books

Gunter Grass

Stephen Spender.

Jack London

"I'm telling you, those are not abs!"

Noel Coward.

"The next song was sixties anthem for the youth subculture of revolution, anarchy and anti-establishment...and can now be heard in elevators worldwide."

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

'He speaks for our entire generation. Pity he's such a bore...'

Ironing Punctuation

Sherlock Holmes Museum: No Hounds.

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

My Literary Influences

'Oh no! Is this a blogger I saw before me?'

"The doctor is in court on Tuesdays and Wednesdays."

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

"Would you like to see the markup?"

The Thinker. The Listener

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."—Joan Didion, Penny, Joan Didion.

A vicar is reading 'The Great Begatsby' written by Abraham.

Library

"Beyond the fine starting salary, the job of a poet laureate at this corporation also carries with it an excellent medical and dental plan."

"Well, the falcon cannot hear the falconer, but the rough beast found a piece of string so I don't know where that leaves us."

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

Trojan horse with a satellite dish.

'I don't know whether to put it in for the Turner Prize or go for the Poet Laureate.'

Lord Byron