@Fergal I could never warm to relentlessly "off-the-wall" comic novels. The whole thing's unsustainable. You quickly get weary. #6 mins ago
@Fergal In comedy timing & rhythm are kings. If you can't master those then clever-clog wordiness will not save you. #8 mins ago
@Fergal Great comic novels are astoundingly rare. Comedy (like horror) is much better suited to the short burst. #12 mins ago
@Fergal ...that "bally bally" line really cheesed me off when I first heard it. A sort of studenty idiot comedy idea of what Wodehouse is. #15 mins ago
@Fergal Absolutely. I may be overly picky (given that Wodehouse is my all-time fave comic writer by an absolute mile) but... #16 mins ago