John Clarke

So who is this Clarke bloke?
'John Clarke [is] the funniest man in Australia I reckon . . . now playing clever, now playing dumb . . . as though knowledge itself is the greatest of all jokes, but woe betide you if you underestimate the intellignce.' Howard Jacobson

'What Peter Ustinov once did for Grand Prix motor racing, The Tournament
does for tennis and world culture combined. Clarke has created a convincing
alternative universe.' Clive James
'PS I can't be relied upon for this sort of endorsement unless the author is an Aussie and madly talented like Clarke, so for Christ's sake lose my address'

John Clarke's most recent publications include The Tournament (Constable, 2003) and the acclaimed Four Audings and a Funeral (1993).