--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Karin Montin
<kmontin@...> wrote:
>
> Stephen Fry, whose name is often mentioned in the
same breath as
Hugh Laurie's, has written a number of books. The Stars'
Tennis Balls was very dark, although very funny (as usual).
It's kind of a spy thriller, kind of a murder mystery. In a
pinch, I would call it noir.But please don't haul me up
before the court to defend the category or my
definition.
>
Fry has so many talents it's scary. Sometimes I watch him in
a quiz show (a weird one) he has on one of the BBC channels.
One day he was talking, very nonchalantly, about the death of
the oldest survivor of the Crimean war... a turtle brought
back to England by a soldier. As partners in the quiz show he
has a chorus of imbecile-acting but very funny guys. I have
enjoyed his books enormously, but they do require a warped
sense of humor. This guy is out there, a true humorist with
no respect for anybody or anything. And with a very dark
strain. From Jeeves to noir...
I have not read anything by Hugh Laurie, but he is also
multitalented and I would be surprised if he didn't write
very well and with bite.
Best,
mrt
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