Towards the End of the Morning (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) (Paperback)

from emmakendon

I started Frayn's "Towards the End of the Morning" to accompany me on what was otherwise going to be a pretty irritating train journey, and it worked - I was laughing out loud, and arrived in very good spirits. But when I finished it the next morning, the comedy seemed to me to peter out and the ...

from Parthurbook

An incredibly precocious novel, written by the then 31 year-old Frayn, yet displaying the insights and technique of writers 30 years his senior. A bitter-sweet story about people who make life far too hard for themselves, peppered with laugh-out-loud set pieces that show Frayn testing the waters ...

from emmakendon

I started Frayn's "Towards the End of the Morning" to accompany me on what was otherwise going to be a pretty irritating train journey, and it worked - I was laughing out loud, and arrived in very good spirits. But when I finished it the next morning, the comedy seemed to me to peter out and the ...

from Shimmin

The blurb says things like: "classic novel", "probably England's funniest writer"; "keeps you laughing"; "like a brilliant, fast game of poker with the author holding all the best hands, and the ghosts of Wodehouse and Waugh whispering advice over his shoulder". Sadly, I still haven't laughed onc...

from alexrichman

This is billed as a brilliant English farce, but I found it sadly lacking in laughs and devoid of subtlety, without an interesting plot and with just one strong character. You could recommend it as a book about Fleet Street, but not, in my opinion, as a very good one.