by Alan Coren · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140062090
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«The Penguin Book of Modern Humour» is the twentieth-century humor anthology selected by Alan Coren, published by Penguin in paperback (496 pages).
A personal anthology of twentieth-century British and American humor assembled by Alan Coren. Novelists, playwrights, and essayists such as Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, Kingsley Amis, and Evelyn Waugh combine irony, skepticism, and irreverence with wit and sharpness in a varied and surprising view of the world.
Originally published in 1983 by Penguin Books, it presents the complete text in English; Alan Coren was then editor of Punch magazine.
An anthology for those who appreciate satire and intelligent humor, both optimists and cynics.
Alan Coren was an English writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. He was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was the editor of Punch for almost a decade; later, he edited The Listener magazine.
