The Elsie Drake Letters (aged 104) by Robert Popper - ISBN: 9781399817875
Hardcover
Britain’s oldest letter writer unleashes hilarious chaos. Get ready to laugh!

The Elsie Drake Letters (aged 104)

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  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    28 January 2025

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Summary

From Robert Popper, creator of Friday Night Dinner and Timewaster Letters, comes a new book of brilliantly funny letters from Britain’s oldest letter writer.

“Ridiculous, hilarious and sweet” - GREG DAVIES “One of Britain’s great comedy minds is at it again” - AISLING BEA “I laughed till I cried” - DAISY MAY COOPER “I howled with laughter” - MATT LUCAS

At 104 years of age, Mr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399817875
ISBN-10:1399817876
Author:Robert Popper, Elsie Drake
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:28 January 2025
Weight:344g
Dimensions:220mm x 144mm x 26mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A treasure trove of funny. I loved it. – BOB ODENKIRK
Ridiculously funny. – NATASIA DEMETRIOU
I laughed till I cried. – DAISY MAY COOPER
I howled with laughter. – MATT LUCAS
Robert Popper is not only certifiably one of the Funniest People in the World™, but also the loveliest 104-year-old woman you could ever hope to meet. Hilarious. Long live Mrs Elsie Drake! – ‘WEIRD AL’ YANKOVIC
Sweetness, surrealism and hilarity … Robert Popper once again unloads with sheer letter-writing brilliance. The responses had me howling. – PATTON OSWALT
A bombardment of idiocy … I loved every second! Absolutely hilarious. – LISA MCGEE (creator of ‘Derry Girls’)
Spending time in the company of Elsie Drake is an achingly funny way to restore your faith in humanity. – SIMON PEGG
Very funny. Viva Elsie! – GREG DAVIES
One of Britain’s great comedy minds is at it again. – AISLING BEA
The best one yet, in terms of the world’s books. – SAM CAMPBELL
Hilarious and heartwarming - this book is a growth hormone for happiness. – RICHARD AYOADE
When Robert Popper dies, he should leave his brain to scientists so that they can work out how someone could have written a book so funny. – KATY WIX

About The Author

Robert Popper

Robert Popper is an award-winning writer, producer and bestselling author. He’s the creator of Channel 4’s six-series hit Friday Night Dinner, he co-created and starred in BBC 2’s cult favourite Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz, produced the Bafta award-winning Peep Show, co-wrote episodes of Stath Lets Flats with Jamie Demetriou, wrote on season fourteen of South Park, and script-edited The Inbetweeners and The IT Crowd.

Under the pseudonym Robin Cooper, he wrote the massive bestselling The Timewaster Letters and the follow-up, Return of The Timewaster Letters. His third book, The Timewaster Diaries, was Book of The Week on BBC Radio 4, read by Paul Whitehouse.

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