Comic Fiction Bundle

Lightning authors

Four glittering comic novels

The New York writer Elinor Lipman has been hailed as the Jane Austen of Manhattan. Her gossamer-light comedies of modern manners are just the thing if you’re looking for intelligent escapism. Her novels On Turpentine Lane and Rachel to the Rescue are in this great-value bundle.

‘Light and tight, constructed with an almost scary mastery’ New York Times on On Turpentine Lane

‘Imagine if Elizabeth Strout wrote romantic comedies’ Red on On Turpentine Lane

‘A deft and funny book. I really enjoyed the feisty heroine, her super warm boyfriend, the throwaway cookery, the satire and, as usual with Elinor Lipman’s characters, I can see it all so clearly on screen. Brava, sister!’ Maureen Lipman on Rachel to the Rescue

‘The Trump book that could only be published abroad’

Stacy Schiff on Rachel to the Rescue

In his deliciously daft comic caper Future Fish, young Irish debut novelist Conor Sneyd perfectly captures the powerlessness of low-rung office life as well as the seductive zealotry of our times.

‘This endearingly daft and strangely compelling caper’ Saga Magazine

‘Fast, funny and freaky’ Luke Healy

A Right Royal Face-Off by Simon Edge is historical fiction with a difference: a comedy about the rivalry between Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, wrapped in a modern satire on the world of reality television.

‘Witty, observant and joyously gossipy’ NB magazine

‘Whimsical, farce-like… scrapbooky, in the best possible way’ Buzz Magazine

Four paperbacks

Normal RRP £37.96