It's been a while since I read a great comedic book - "Good Omens" which is a collaboration between fantasy author Neil Gaiman and the late comical author Terry Pratchett.
A friend recently took the initiative of lending me Susanna Clarke's fantasy satire "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell", a hilarious story about two magicians trying to introduce magic to Britain.
Like J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series, Clarke has built an interesting magical world, and although the latter's book is 782 pages, it doesn't feel long because the narrative is quite engaging.
The book's back cover rightly declares: "Elegant, witty and utterly compelling, 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' creates a past world of great mystery and beauty that will hold the reader in thrall until the last page."
The book's back cover also includes a recommendation by Gaiman himself. He says: "Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years. It's funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical, a journey through light and shadow - a delight to read."
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