A bit of fun

 
     In his comment on Friday's post, Dark Puss said he was reading The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss which he described as "great fun". As I said in reply, everyone needs a bit of light relief from time to time, and why not collect some fun books so that we have a list we can all refer to when we're in the mood for that sort of thing. I'm looking for enjoyable, entertaining, amusing books, perhaps whimsical or slightly silly ones, well-done, lighthearted ... you'll know what I mean.

   

    To start us off I'll nominate Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, "a hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas and one of the best-loved comic novels of all time" - I wrote a bit about it ages ago - and Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942 by Joyce Dennys, a book which has a serious side but is tremendously cheering, and which you can read about here (and see my cover quote in full here).

    Now, please rack (or wrack) your brains and suggest a fun book or two.