![]() ![]() Her dazzling first novel made her name, but it also became a millstone. Stella Gibbons might not thank us for focusing so completely on this novel, her most famous work. ![]() I'm glad it came out of the hat – and I'm grateful to the readers who nominated it.īut something has been nagging at me as I've come to know more about the book and its author. Less seriously, but probably more importantly, it's also been highly entertaining and extremely funny: just the book to see us through the darkest month. It's provided - forgive me - fertile ground for discussion about the art of parody, transcending parody and race and class in the 1930s. ![]() Cold Comfort Farm has been an excellent choice for this month's Reading Group. ![]()
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