The Leaky Establishment

• Mary Gentle The Leaky Establishment David Langford   A comic novel with both verbal wit and comedy of situation, that owes something to the tradition of Tom Sharpe, and a great deal more to the Langfordian warped sense of humour. The Leaky Establishment has that quality belonging to genuine farce, best described as delighted frustration - frustration because Tappen is blocked at every turn, difficulty piled on impossibility, until it seems that the plot can never be resolved; and delight, because these impossibilities are comic, one has the immense and reprehensible satisfaction of seeing some other poor bugger in the mire.

  Submitted Jul 21st 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Terry Pratchett The Leaky Establishment David Langford   I'd rank this book alongside Michael Frayn's The Tin Men, another neglected classic. I've wanted for years to see it back in print. It is one of those books you end up buying several copies of, because you just have to lend it to friends. It's very funny. It's very real.

  Submitted Jul 15th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments