Diary of a Somebody
«Bilston has perfected his comic voice, which brings to mind a bitter man-child with spades of misanthropic charm and a dash of Alan Partridge-esque pedantry. This is a comic novel of the highest order.»
Literary Review
It's January 1st and Brian Bilston is convinced that this year his New Year's resolution will change his life. Every day for a year, he will write a poem. It's quite simple. Les mer
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It's January 1st and Brian Bilston is convinced that this year his New Year's resolution will change his life. Every day for a year, he will write a poem. It's quite simple.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Picador
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 400
- ISBN
- 9781529005561
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Bilston has perfected his comic voice, which brings to mind a bitter man-child with spades of misanthropic charm and a dash of Alan Partridge-esque pedantry. This is a comic novel of the highest order.»
Literary Review
«An original, imaginative and funny book.»
Daily Mirror
«Part murder mystery, mainly great comic novel.»
"What We're Reading", i
«Charming, funny and touching.»
Ian Rankin, First Printing
«The midlife answer to Adrian Mole? It’s a big comparison to make, in comic novel terms, but Brian Bilston is worthy. In Diary of a Somebody, Brian makes a New Year’s Resolution to write a poem a day for a year. Hilarious results ensue, as well as the disappearance of a poetry (and love) rival. Laugh. Cry. Cringe»
Stella Magazine, Sunday Telegraph
«Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I’m giving it to EVERYONE»
Dawn French
«Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.»
Adam Kay
«Achingly funny. Without doubt it should win next year's Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for the best comic novel, even if my own novel is in contention as well»
Jonathan Coe
«If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian Bilston»
Richard Osman
«Not since Victoria Wood has a writer squeezed so much hilarity from a biscuit.»
The Oldie
«Highly original, genuinely funny and clever, with a gentle humanity in between the lines. Brian Bilston should be Poet Laureate»
John O'Farrell
«How do I laugh at thee? Let me count the ways . . . If you like sub-Carry On puns, clever parodies of famous poems and Wittgensteinian meditations on language, you’ll love it»
Mail on Sunday
«The midlife answer to Adrian Mole? It's a big comparison to make, in comic novel terms, but Brian Bilston - parodist and 'poet laureate of Twitter'- is worthy . . . Laugh. Cry. Cringe.»
Stella Magazine, Sunday Telegraph
«He has a knack for playing with language but his poems are accessible, witty and touching . . . In fact I rather regretted reading it over just a couple of days - it would have been better to take longer and saver it.»
Kirsty McLuckie, The Scotsman Magazine
«A welcome reminder of the joy to be had when you put yourself in the hands of someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative . . . Funny and ingenious»
The Times
«In a similar way to Morrissey and John Cooper Clarke, [Bilston] has the ability to make the mundane both funny and beautiful – whether that's taking out the bins or procrastinating on Twitter . . . A must-read for anyone who is a fan of wordplay, puns, The Smiths and custard creams.»
Dominic Kearney, Irish News
«This fun, charming novel is a fine showcase for Bilston’s irrepressible creativity . . . It’s all done with wit, playfulness and a sense of amused wonder at the possibilities and idiosyncrasies of the English language, with the occasional groanworthy pun seeming like a price well worth paying.»
Alastair Mabbott, Herald
«In 1892, George and Weedon Grossmith published The Diary of a Nobody, now a classic of comic writing. In 1978, Christopher Matthew updated the idea. Now Brian Bilston brings us another Diary of a Somebody and it's as fun as its predecessors.»
William Hartston, Daily Express
«Bilston is the greatest English anti-hero of our time. His poems have delighted people on Twitter for several years, and now he's treated us to this brilliant novel . . . This book has everything you want from a comic novel . . . Brian Bilston is real. And I love him»
Spectator
«The pseudonymous Brian Bilston turns the base metal of comic verse into gold . . . Imagine a mash-up of John Cooper Clarke, Ed Reardon’s Week and James Joyce, and you’re about halfway there . . . Bilston is a magician with words . . . Read this novel in short bursts, pausing to savour its individual brilliancies»
Guardian
«Brian Bilston is bringing poetry to the masses . . . topical, witty, thoughtful»
Irish Times
«Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times, a wordsmith who cares deeply about the impact his language makes as it dances before our eyes»
Ian McMillan
«Word play, laugh-out-loud poems and the deft skewering of office life are part of the fun in this brilliant comic debut.»
Eithne Farry, Sunday Express
«One of the funniest novels in years . . . It also has genuine heart - and scores of poems so witty and accomplished that, in the real world, their author would surely be as famous as, well . . . I predict that Brian Bilston will soon be»
Reader's Digest
«Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom . . . brilliant»
Esquire
«Bilston is no stranger to crafting cleverly composed poetry»
Huffington Post
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