Paul Francis Jennings (1918–1989)
Autore di The Book of Nonsense: An Anthology
Sull'Autore
Opere di Paul Francis Jennings
Oddly bodlikins 7 copie
Oodles of Oddlies 6 copie
Gladly oddly 5 copie
Next to Oddliness 5 copie
Oddly Ad Lib 4 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1918-06-20
- Data di morte
- 1989-12-26
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- King Henry VIII School, Coventry, UK
Douai School - Attività lavorative
- humorist
columnist
Utenti
Recensioni
27 Feb 2010 Methodist book sale
A little gem, this. I love books like Akenfield and other tales of rural life, so was charmed to read this account of the changing ways of village life, gleaned from scrapbooks various WI groups put together in 1965 to celebrate their Golden Jubilee. Of course, things have changed so much more by now, but it's a lovely read about a moment in time, with lots of different kinds of extracts and entries by all sorts of people, roughly grouped into themes and with the editor's experience of tracking down and reading the scrapbooks interspersed between the entries. A book that I was very happy to happen upon!… (altro)
A little gem, this. I love books like Akenfield and other tales of rural life, so was charmed to read this account of the changing ways of village life, gleaned from scrapbooks various WI groups put together in 1965 to celebrate their Golden Jubilee. Of course, things have changed so much more by now, but it's a lovely read about a moment in time, with lots of different kinds of extracts and entries by all sorts of people, roughly grouped into themes and with the editor's experience of tracking down and reading the scrapbooks interspersed between the entries. A book that I was very happy to happen upon!… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 29
- Utenti
- 239
- Popolarità
- #94,925
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 22
- Lingue
- 1
Jennings is clearly an Ian Hislop character, I don't have a subscription to Private Eye for a reason, much less Punch.