The Eric Sykes Compendium
His Three Classic Novels
Published on 5. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-7535-1193-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
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 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
None
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7535-1193-0 (9780753511930)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes' Comedy Heroes
Book
10/2004
Virgin Books
€39.80
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Person
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.