The Book Of Joan, by Melissa Rivers
28/05/2015 … 'Too soon' is not a phrase that was ever in Joan Rivers's vocabulary.
Latest 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.
Thu 28 May 2015
Mon 11 May 2015
The What The Frock! Book Of Funny Women by Jane Duffus
11/05/2015 … Published as a spin-off to the monthly all-women comedy night that launched in Bristol three years ago, The What The Frock! Book Of Funny Women is more a statement…
Wed 29 April 2015
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong
29/04/2015 … In his debut novel, Jesse Armstrong has transplanted Peep Show's Mark Corrigan to civil war-torn Bosnia… kind of.
Fri 24 April 2015
Keeping Quiet by Julian Dutton
24/04/2015 … Visual clowning might fall out of fashion from time to time but as Sky's announcement of a series of physical comedies this week demonstrates, each generation has…
Fri 09 January 2015
Cosby: His Life And Times by Mark Whitaker
09/01/2015 … It's not what this sizeable biography of Bill Cosby says that's significant, but what it doesn't.
Thu 27 November 2014
Ayoade On Ayoade
27/11/2014 … Ayoade On Ayoade is a book that could only have been written by Richard Ayoade.
Fri 31 October 2014
We Need To Talk About Kevin Bridges
31/10/2014 … Kevin Bridges has already gone through all the 'who on earth wants to read this?' doubts of being a young comedian writing his autobiography.
Thu 30 October 2014
© Joe Mabel / Creative Commons Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
30/10/2014 … In his first novel for five years, Nick Hornby evokes an alternative history of British comedy in which the nation falls in love with a Lucille Ball-like figure,…