'full of moments of farce and humorous apercu.' THE TIMES 'quirky social comedy stuffed with smart one-liners.' WOMAN AND HOME 'good timing and an instinctive ability to intrigue.' ATTITUDE 'The middle-English middle class is perfectly pin pointed...very funnny.' TIME OUT 'Toksvig makes you belly laugh, then while you're gasping for air, she makes you think, and sometimes the conclusion is unthinkable. The pathos and sheer tragedy underpinning the humour leaves you reeling. An intelligent, perceptive novel, brilliantly entertaining, with more depth than ten cups of cocoa. Read it.' WHAT'S ON: LONDON '[A] fabulous read.' WOMEN'S NEWS

After leaving Cambridge, Sandi Toksvig went into the theatre as a writer and performer, and was a founder member of the Comedy Store Players. Well-known for her television and radio work, as a presenter, writer and actor, she has written six books for children and her first adult novel, WHISTLING FOR THE ELEPHANTS, was published in 1999.