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Sit-Down Comedy

Jan 1, 2026 8:48 PM

Author:Malcolm Hardee,John Fleming

Sit-Down Comedy

To satisfy the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people who pay good money to see stand-up every year, Malcolm Hardee ('the comedian's comedian' WHSmith Online; 'a national monument' The Guardian) presents a comedy club on the page with a bill featuring the glitterati of British stand-up comedy. We let the famous names and new talents alike try out their written humour and their only brief is to make us laugh. We plan to make the book an annual event, and are sure it will soon become the world's largest virtual comedy club. Contributors include: Keith Allen, Jo Brand, Simon Day, Jenny -clair, Boothby Graffoe, Ricky Grover, Jeremy Hardy, Hattie Hayridge, John Hegley, Jeff Innocent, Mark Lamarr, Chris Lynam, Simon Munnery, Rob Newman, Mark Steel, Arthur Smith, Jim Tavare, Mark Thomas

Reviews

brilliant

—— Hot Stars

This anthology is the next best thing to a comedy cabaret

—— The Observer

very funny stuff

—— Closer

Conan Doyle gives Jules Verne a run for his money

—— Daily Telegraph

A brilliantly entertaining story of old-fashioned derring-do

—— Daily Mail

A wonderfully written book which I loved as a child. I have dreamt of playing its central character Professor Challenger ever since. I feel Conan Doyle's story has many salutary lessons for mankind and that when we visit lost lands we should do our best to leave no footprints

—— Brian Blessed , Daily Express

A riveting historical novel, set in post-WWII England, about a Polish couple reunited after enduring - and committing - crimes of love and war.

—— O, the Oprah Magazine

An affecting story, extremely well told

—— The Times

A stark and beautiful book, alive to the compromises, deceptions and passions that traumatic situations can demand from the most circumspect of people

—— Marie Claire

A haunting debut that eschews sensationalism and unfurls with quiet delicacy

—— Easy Living

[An] ambitious debut

—— Financial Times

Riveting, luminous

—— The New York Times Book Review

Felix Quinn, the narrator of the book...explains it beautifully - and this is a very good novel... Feeling unsafe makes him feel alive. And loss, of course, is the wellspring of good storytelling

—— Evening Standard

The Act of Love is an ambitious and at times extremely uncomfortable novel

—— The Telegraph

It is an almost frighteningly brilliant achievement. Why did the Booker judges not recognise it?

—— The Guardian

This is a very good novel

—— Scotsman

Jacobson's 10th novel is a moving, thought-provoking and darkly witty story of desire and love

—— Irish Times

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