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Comic Fringes

Oct 11, 2024 7:16 AM

Author:Sarah Millican,Joe Lycett,Bridget Christie,Susan Calman,Jon Richardson,Russell Kane,James Acaster,Mark Watson,Jenny Eclair,Aisling Bea,Romesh Ranganathan,Dane Baptiste,Shazia Mirza,Sanjeev Kholi,Angela Barnes,Various

Comic Fringes

A cracking collection of comicmonologues, written and read by leading comedians

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this fantastic anthology features a host of diverse short stories, composed and performed by a veritable Who's Who of stand-up comedians. By turns hilarious and irreverent, poignant and bittersweet, together they make up a superb selection box of tasty treats.

Among the all-star line-up, Romesh Ranganathan tells a comic tale of unrequited love among the orangutans; Susan Calman takes a wry look at office politics; Jon Richardson explores the perils of internet dating; and Sarah Millican takes us into the worlds of a compassionate undertaker's assistant and an elderly woman who fears she's becoming invisible.

Russell Kane recalls his tempestuous ex; Aisling Bea recounts the dark, funny tale of a pensioner with murder in mind; Robert Florence reveals the shady doings of the Scottish branch of the Illuminati; and satirist John O'Farrell asks, 'what if Judas had written the Gospels'?

Also sharing their fantastic fiction are a wealth of other literary comics, including Sanjeev Kohli, Joe Lycett, Bridget Christie, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair, Shazia Mirza and Mark Watson. Short story fans, rejoice: here are five hours of some of the most charming, absurd, dark, thoughtful and funny tales you'll ever find in one place.

Contents:

1. May Contain Nuts by Janey Godley

2. The Hair of the Dead by Sarah Millican

3. Gone Phishing by Jon Richardson

4. The Woman Who Sniffed by Susan Calman

5. Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Be in the Green by Patrick Monahan

6. On the Dot by Shazia Mirza

7. Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong by Sarah Millican

8. Spooky and the Van by Joe Lycett

9. A Difference of Opinion by Bridget Christie

10. The Three Times I Dumped Eleanor, and the Manner of Her Death by Russell Kane

11. Sorry For Your Loss by James Acaster

12. Club Sandwich by Mark Watson

13. The Understudy by Jenny Eclair

14. Kill Dilly by Aisling Bea

15. I Bought a Monkey To Stand Out in the New York Art Scene by Sanjeev Kohli

16. Love and Orangutans by Romesh Ranganathan

17. Bad Fairytale by Grainne Maguire

18. The Gospel According to Judas by John O'Farrell

19. Pick Me Up by Angela Barnes

20. Apocalypse Soon by Dane Baptiste

21. Cats Who Walk Like Gentlemen by Robert Florence

Production credits:

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 August 2009-6 September 2015

Reviews

One of the greatest novelists presently at work in our language

—— Scott Turow

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—— Anthony Clare , Sunday Times

A natural storyteller

—— Times Literary Supplement

Rendell’s eerier capacity to comprehend disturbed criminal minds continues to astonish

—— The Times

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—— Mail on Sunday

The best woman crime writer since Sayers, Christie, Allingham and Marsh

—— Edmund Crispin, Sunday Times

I loved it! With a sinister plot and a creepy serial killer it's gripping and terrifying. And Laura and Niamh are characters I want to read about again and again!

—— Patricia Gibney

There’s a lot to unpick in this very layered novel but it is excellent. I advise you to read it and [If I Tell] immediately

—— Belfast Telegraph

I love this crime fighting duo! Original and real, Laura and Niamh are such fresh voices. Taut, compelling and utterly creepy, with a dramatic conclusion that will have you frantically turning the pages, read it with the light on!

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—— Daily Mail

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—— The Observer

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—— The i

Shari Lapena is an expert in both pace and the placing of clues and misdirections

—— Literary Review

Shari Lapena has been described as the queen of the 'just one more chapter' thriller, and having devoured this compelling novel in double-quick time it's easy to see why . . . Plot twists are planted like hand grenades throughout the narrative, set to go off when you least expect them, and the denouement is as surprising as it is shocking.

—— Choice

Lapena has great fun pulling secrets from her conjuror's hat . . . when it comes to construction she's a master, her stream of twists and surprises perfectly timed

—— Daily Express

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—— Simon Mayo

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