Waiting for Jeffrey

Alan Coren's deeply serious new collection is dedicated to Prisoner FF 8282, and is expressly designed to help fill in the disconsolate leisure hours of the bereft millions who have nothing to read until the chokey gates fly open and the world s most missed writer bounces out, carrying the sackload of manuscripts which it has been Her Majesty's pleasure to subsidise. Till then, read this - it may not be much, but it'll do until the right thing comes along. Mr Coren is not just a funny writer, but a comic genius. Observer About the Author Alan Coren is renowned for his brilliantly funny writing. Formerly editor of Punch magazine, previous collections of his witty writing have all been best-sellers. These include The Alan Coren Omnibus and The Cricklewood Tapestry. Alan appears on Radio 4 s News Quiz and on TV s Call My Bluff.