Three Men on the Bummel (Paperback)(Large Print)

from Eyejaybee

Immensely witty - a natural successor to "Three Men In a Boat". Funny throughout, there are some scenes (such as the visit to a London boot shop using a German- English phrase book) that are now comdey classics

from jayne_charles

I read this while on holiday in the Black Forest, the very destination of the novel. I was desperately hoping some of the destinations we visited would be mentioned, as it would have been fascinating to 'see' them as they were a hundred years ago. Unfortunately I was disappointed on this score. O...

from milti

Oh my god, I had to stop laughing to be able to breathe! Wonderful humour!

from rmagahiz

Half of my enjoyment came from the reading by Peter Yearsley available in the public domain over at Librivox, who somehow never lets the interest flag, even when the author is expounding on the the most routine of subjects. The best parts feature the comic byplay between the three companions but ...

from jeffcovey

Unjustly considered an inferior follow-up to "Three Men in a Boat". Just as delightful, with a tinge of retrospective darkness in its evaluation of the German character just as its respect for militarism and obedience was about to open a half century of catastrophe. If only the consequences had p...