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The Eric Sykes Compendium: His Three Classic Novels: A Bumper Edition of Novels from the Comedy Genius: WITH "Smelling of Roses" AND "Great Crime of Grapplewick" AND "UFOs Are Coming Wednesday" [Paperback]

Eric Sykes
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5 Oct 2006

The Eric Sykes Compendium is a bumper edition of three novels from the comedy genius:

Smelling of Roses - Sparks and Miller are two ordinary soldiers desperate to avoid war who can hardly believe their bad luck when they hit the headlines as fullblown heroes.

The Great Crime of Grapplewick - The sleepy northern town of Grapplewick is turned on its head when clueless criminals Terence and Rembrandt turn up seeking revenge.

UFOs are Coming Wednesday - When a mysterious visitor demonstrates his amazing alien powers to the local dignitaries of Grapplewick, rumours fly and hysteria mounts.

With characters and situations that are pure Sykes, this volume is a bundle of laughs.



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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Virgin Books (5 Oct 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753511932
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753511930
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Funny. Read it (Spike Milligan on UFOs Are Coming Wednesday )

...belly laughs that lurk in ambush behind every dune... (Mail on Sunday on Smelling of Roses )

About the Author

Born in Oldham in 1923 Eric Sykes was first introduced to showbusiness whilst in the RAF and went on to write for hit BBC radio shows and appear in TV variety shows whilst writing for comedy greats such as Peter Sellers and Stanley Unwin. Although he is over eighty Sykes continues to work, having recently starred in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very nice collection 14 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback
If you haven't read Eic Sykes's fiction before, but like the man and the comedy, this is a good place to start. The stories are all deftly done - imagine an Ealing comedy set up North and written by Eric - and, in the case of the really underrated 'UFOs...,' sometimes cry out to be dramatised on radio or TV. As gentle, wry, well-crafted and unpretentious comic fictions, they work rather well, and are certainly worth any Sykes fan's money.
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5.0 out of 5 stars i love it.......... 8 Jan 2013
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Really funny stories by this genius without whom we are poorer.........the reviews on Amazon were correct and I'm very pleased I bought this book
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