COMIC CRIME AND CRIMINAL COMEDY IN RICHARD OSMAN’S “THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE”
COMIC CRIME AND CRIMINAL COMEDY IN RICHARD OSMAN’S “THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE”

Summary/Abstract: Richard Osman’s second novel, “The Man Who Died Twice”, a sequel to “The Thursday Murder Club”, is as surprising as the title itself. Although the leading theme of the novel is the solving of several crimes by the four restless septuagenaries, Elizabeth Best, a former MI5 agent and her friends, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim, what really drives the foursome is their wish to escape the realities of old age, and their fear to be isolated and forgotten by society. Although they are exposed to dangerous, life-threatening situations, a sense of real jeopardy is entirely absent. The novel proves to be superbly entertaining, full of sparkling humor and witty comments. This article aims at concentrating on the comic side of this crime story and at discovering the sources and means of achieving sparkling humor.

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