Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren Main Edition

He has a comic imagination which can actually render your jaded scribe flabbergasted. (Clive James Observer)

Coren is our heavyweight champion humorist, over-powering as well as graceful, able to do everything, sometimes in the same short article. (Guardian)

This ultimate collection of the writings of the much loved and sadly missed humorist, broadcaster and self styled ‘sage of Cricklewood’ has been selected by his children Giles and Victoria and contain pieces spanning a career of more than 40 years. (London Review of Books)

Accomplished. (Colin Waters Sunday Herald)

The funniest writer in Britain today. (Sunday Times)

This book brings together a well-chosen and quiveringly funny sample of [Coren’s] comic writing . . . The humour in these columns isn’t about one-liners and the best pieces take a fertile idea and run a mile with it, sparking a shower of bon mots in the process. (James Purdon Observer)

The field is led by Alan Coren. (Observer)

Coren’s extraordinary gift for seeing the funny side of everyday life is in abundant evidence throughout this book, which will have you chuckling out loud. (Good Book Guide)

An engaging collection . . . The warmth and wit of these pieces stand the test of time. (Anita Sethi Independent on Sunday)

Coruscating! A master humorist! (Daily Telegraph)

His power of observation knows no bounds. (Daily Mail)

A comic genius. (The Times)

Anthologies of humorous writing are usually deadly, but this one collates Alan Coren’s work into decades, each with an introduction by someone you’ve heard of, and tries to give it a purpose above that of the pursuit of cheap laughs. The upshot is that Coren’s anarchic silliness has something to play against. (Toby Clements Daily Telegraph)

If you ever wanted to find the Corens’ funny bone, this is the best place to start. (Matt Hussey The Shortlist)