- Paperback: 74 pages
- Publisher: Matador (1 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904744079
- ISBN-13: 978-1904744078
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,271,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A selection of surreal comedy sketches with illustrations.
About the Author
Adam Corres is a thirty-something who carries out unreliable duties at a major British university. After working in tourist promotion, restaurants and accounting, he now divides his time between agonising about the cricket, obsessive book collecting, independent journalism and conserving endangered species of cacti. His first comic novels, View from the Spoil Heap and The Lordling Spoon, are scheduled for 2004. He’s recently helped to found a group writing comedy scripts for television.
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The Alfalfa Guy is a collection of comedy sketches and inspirational illustration presented in several styles. There's the traditional English wordplay of the title sketch, which reminds some of the rambling conversations of Two Ronnies or Pete & Dud, all beautifully illustrated by the fantasy artist Anne Stokes; there's a sudden contrast in the black-humour and bittersweet commentary of a modern African dream, with plenty of topical feedback on globalisation; a minimalist script about Eskimos and global warming, which is currently being considered as a television animation to be entitled 'Bit Nippy Out'. St Dunstan's Island is a dangerously close to the edge 1960s style political satire which exposes the modern politician's habit of completely dismissing public opinion (something for the fans of Yes Minister, That Was The Week That Was and Bremner, Bird & Fortune). Dubious Company is a sketch for anyone who's ever been irritated by a fat cat pay rise, the decline of British Industry, or overcharging by unqualified tree-surgeons. The last sketch is a charming feel-good story for both young children and chaos theory mathematicians on the subject of social exclusion, integration and what to do if you're a South American sun god. It's obvious really. Get yourself illustrated by the exceptional cartoonist Dave Hallewell!
The Alfalfa Guy has something to appeal to everybody. Buy it for the unique and surreal modern humour, buy it for the collectable illustrations, or buy it as a Christmas present for the cynic in your life. Read The Alfalfa Guy and you'll find yourself quoting from it for a long time to come.
Format:Paperback
The Alfalfa Guy is a collection of comedy sketches and inspirational illustration presented in several styles. There’s the traditional English wordplay of the title sketch, which reminds some of the rambling conversations of Two Ronnies or Pete & Dud, all beautifully illustrated by the fantasy artist Anne Stokes; there’s a sudden contrast in the black-humour and bittersweet commentary of a modern African dream, with plenty of topical feedback on globalisation; a minimalist script about Eskimos and global warming, which is currently being considered as a television animation to be entitled ‘Bit Nippy Out’. St Dunstan’s Island is a dangerously close to the edge 1960s style political satire which exposes the modern politician’s habit of completely dismissing public opinion (something for the fans of Yes Minister, That Was The Week That Was and Bremner, Bird & Fortune). Dubious Company is a sketch for anyone who’s ever been irritated by a fat cat pay rise, the decline of British Industry, or overcharging by unqualified tree-surgeons. The last sketch is a charming feel-good story for both young children and chaos theory mathematicians on the subject of social exclusion, integration and what to do if you’re a South American sun god. It’s obvious really. Get yourself illustrated by the exceptional cartoonist Dave Hallewell!
The Alfalfa Guy has something to appeal to everybody. Buy it for the unique and surreal modern humour, buy it for the collectable illustrations, or buy it as a Christmas present for the cynic in your life. Read The Alfalfa Guy and you’ll find yourself quoting from it for a long time to come.
Format:Paperback
The Alfalfa Guy is a collection of comedy sketches and inspirational illustration presented in several styles.
There's the traditional English wordplay of the title sketch, which reminds some of the rambling conversations of Two Ronnies or Pete & Dud, all beautifully illustrated by the fantasy artist Anne Stokes; there's a sudden contrast in the black-humour and bittersweet commentary of a modern African dream, with plenty of topical feedback on globalisation; a minimalist script about Eskimos and global warming, which is currently being considered as a television animation to be entitled 'Bit Nippy Out'.
St Dunstan's Island is a dangerously close to the edge 1960s style political satire which exposes the modern politician's habit of completely dismissing public opinion (something for the fans of Yes Minister, That Was The Week That Was and Bremner, Bird & Fortune). Dubious Company is a sketch for anyone who's ever been irritated by a fat cat pay rise, the decline of British Industry, or overcharging by unqualified tree-surgeons. The last sketch is a charming feel-good story for both young children and chaos theory mathematicians on the subject of social exclusion, integration and what to do if you're a South American sun god. It's obvious really. Get yourself illustrated by the exceptional cartoonist Dave Hallewell!
The Alfalfa Guy has something to appeal to everybody. Buy it for the unique and surreal modern humour, buy it for the collectable illustrations, or buy it as a Christmas present for the cynic in your life. Read The Alfalfa Guy and you'll find yourself quoting from it for a long time to come.
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