A Great, Silly Grin

Name: A Great, Silly Grin
ISBN: 9780306812057

Humphrey Carpenter

402 pages · about 7 hours
First published 2002
2 editions

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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: history and satire.

English Satire
English wit and humor
History
Satire
Performing arts
Popular culture

2 About Humphrey Carpenter

1946–2005

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.

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