John Lanchester's Capital, centring on the residents of a single London street just before the credit crunch, was praised by the Times's Antonia Senior as a portrait of "a society drunk on money" boasting "richly and sympathetically drawn" characters and an enjoyable "seam of wit" (though the author "verges on being too heavy-handed with his message that money corrupts").
There are also some enjoyable flashes of acerbic wit, mostly to do with the passing of time and the absurdity of modern times.
Paul Gavarni, pseudonym of Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier (born January 13 , 1804 Paris, France died November 24, 1866, Paris), French lithographer and painter whose work is enjoyable for its polished wit, cultured observation, and the panorama it presents of the life of his time.
He further wrote that Fischer was not camera shy, smiled and laughed easily, was "a fine wit" and "wholly enjoyable conversationalist".
It was an enjoyable opener, with enough crispness and wit in the writing and storytelling, but could DI Poole be loved for his uptight paperclip-counting in the way Columbo was for crumpled raincoats or Morse his misanthropy?
So all I could do, still guardedly, was welcome her to the family and hope to heaven that the writer, director and producers had the wit to conjure an enjoyable and believable character into life.
But if you look back at the "Die Hard" movies you realize how enjoyable he was, how many touches of wit and play he injected into routine heroics.
This is the general tenor of an enjoyable fantasia that's certainly not lacking in wit.
Writing in 1986, Danny Peary described Dr. No as a "cleverly conceived adaption of Ian Fleming's enjoyable spy thriller ... Picture has sex, violence, wit, terrific action sequences, and colorful atmosphere ... Connery, Andress and Wiseman all give memorable performances.
Schooldays, sex and the literary life are all passed though his creatively autobiographical filter in a hugely enjoyable collection that hides its skill behind an elegant wit.
