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Contemplating Comedy
Contemplating Comedy' is a fabulous compilation of laugh-out-loud funny lines, guaranteed to have readers in stitches as they browse the book. The humour is presented in an original and engaging way, enticing readers to choose their favourite lines and think about what really makes them laugh. Beyond the comedy the author also shares some insights and ideas honed from a lifetime of offbeat experience - a painless way to help remove the stitches.
336 pages, ebook
First published November 20, 2020
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About the author
Jonathan Levitt
4 books1 followerNew to goodreads (2021)...Spent many years as a professional chess player/teacher/writer and my first books were in this field. Obtained the grandmaster title around 30 years ago. Due to health issues (an arthritic condition) i was forced to retire from the demanding life of travelling around the world and playing tournaments. The last two decades my only source of income has been from betting on live cricket.
In 2020 during lockdown, I wrote my first non-chess book: Contemplating Comedy. It is a compilation of humour and ideas and hopefully a lot of fun. You can read the start of the book (and see about ten reader reviews) here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contemplatin...
Buffy the cockapoo is in charge of marketing and needs to sell more copies if she is going to get any more biscuits.
Happy reading...
In 2020 during lockdown, I wrote my first non-chess book: Contemplating Comedy. It is a compilation of humour and ideas and hopefully a lot of fun. You can read the start of the book (and see about ten reader reviews) here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contemplatin...
Buffy the cockapoo is in charge of marketing and needs to sell more copies if she is going to get any more biscuits.
Happy reading...
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June 20, 2021
So much more than a joke book! Packed with one liners, the read gems are often the bits found around the jokes. Religion, sport and philosophical conundrums, the book’s journey is that of laugh out load moments, reflection and the craft of comedy itself. It’s stop start nature won’t suit all but overall a delightful read.
March 10, 2021
A highly entertaining read, thought provoking but with loads of laugh-out-loud moments. I could not put it down and read it in one sitting. Highly recommended, both for personal use and as an excellent present to loved ones.
March 2, 2022
Contemplating Comedy
Three men walk into a bar: a grandmaster guardian of the secrets of spectacular chess who thinks intellectual torture is aesthetically beautiful; a thought-to-be successful professional gambler on live cricket who believes ‘sledging’ is a legitimate summer sport; and a serial pub raconteur / sit-down comedian (and owner of a cockatoo imginatively called Butty) whose standard opening line is ‘Have you heard this one?’
The regulars laughed out loud at his claim that he was compiling a dazzling anthology of historical one-liners that would not only rescue ‘the joke’ from its lowly cultural status as an ossified form of wit too often weakened in repetition, but would do so with considerable style and panash, combining technical linguistic analysis with thoughtful thematic mapping against aspects of human experience, both personal and political, whilst at the same time aiming to outperform Bob Monkhouse’s missing joke book. And all to be written with considerable charm and a disarming larconic sense of humour.
They are not laughing now.
David Jenkins
Three men walk into a bar: a grandmaster guardian of the secrets of spectacular chess who thinks intellectual torture is aesthetically beautiful; a thought-to-be successful professional gambler on live cricket who believes ‘sledging’ is a legitimate summer sport; and a serial pub raconteur / sit-down comedian (and owner of a cockatoo imginatively called Butty) whose standard opening line is ‘Have you heard this one?’
The regulars laughed out loud at his claim that he was compiling a dazzling anthology of historical one-liners that would not only rescue ‘the joke’ from its lowly cultural status as an ossified form of wit too often weakened in repetition, but would do so with considerable style and panash, combining technical linguistic analysis with thoughtful thematic mapping against aspects of human experience, both personal and political, whilst at the same time aiming to outperform Bob Monkhouse’s missing joke book. And all to be written with considerable charm and a disarming larconic sense of humour.
They are not laughing now.
David Jenkins
June 18, 2021
So cleverly written. This is the thinking person's book of one-liners. Analytical and thought provoking yet full of belly laughs!
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