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London Review of Books Christmas Books

Excessive Guffawing

Gerald Hammond

  • Laughter at the Foot of the Cross by M.A. Screech

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Gerald Hammond’s books include The Making of the English Bible and Fleeting Things: English Poets and Poems 1616-60. He is John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature at the University of Manchester.

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