Comedy

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‘The History of Mr Polly’ by H.G. Wells

Posted by thethiessenreview ⋅ October 22, 2012 ⋅ 6 Comments

Have you ever had that moment? You might be sitting at your desk, cooking tea for your kids, driving to work – and suddenly you think ‘Is this it? Is this all there is?’ It is at this precise moment that we crash land into the life of one Mr. Alfred Polly: draper, dreamer and … Continue reading →

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde

Posted by thethiessenreview ⋅ September 13, 2012 ⋅ Leave a comment

. . . the Toad News anchorwoman sombrely announced that a young surrealist had been killed – stabbed to death by a gang adhering to a radical school of French Impressionists. Forget everything you know. There is another 1985. Another England where the Crimea War never ended, questions of Shakespearean authorship can inspire gang warfare … Continue reading →