I've betrayed my friend Stephen Fry by listening to a second audio book and it's NOT by him (though Moab is poised for play).

Alan Bennett's Smut is an absolute joy; brilliant; perhaps his best ever. Isn't it great when someone gets better and better? I remember him as one of Beyond The Fringe - got to know him in the 60s when he was in 40 Years On - he supported me in print during that minor trouble 10 years ago but none of that counts - it's the quality of the work that speaks for itself.

www.kingofhits.co.uk/index.php/Attitudes...an-Bennett-Smut.html

anything Bennett writes is superb.

He has the capacity to make you see the bizarre in the ordinary and the absurdity in the inane.