Comedy Goes to Court by Carl Unegbu
Review of a book about how comedians can face legal fallout
26/06/2023 … What a good idea for a book… but how terribly executed.
2023 Books
Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Mon 26 June 2023
Fri 23 June 2023
Jena Friedman: Not Funny
Book review of her 'Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Etcetera'
23/06/2023 … Like most women in comedy, American stand-up Jena Friedman tires of the ‘inane, distracting and sexist’ journalists’ question: What’s it…
Thu 18 May 2023
Harold by Steven Wright
18/05/2023 … Such is the distinctiveness of Steven Wright's stand-up – the bone-dry, deadpan delivery and the philosophical enquiry of his jokes – that…
Mon 27 February 2023
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Review of the comedian's memoir about her undiagnosed autism
27/02/2023 … It will come as little surprise to those who know Fern Brady’s comedy that her memoir is brutally, sometimes uncomfortably, honest.