Books like The Complete Yes Prime Minister

When the Yes Minister series was being aired on television, I was too young to appreciate the subtle nature of its humour, and I admit that I found it dreadfully boring. Now, many years later, reading this book made me realise just what I had missed. (I still have not seen the television series)Biting sarcasm, sparkling wit, and completely believable scenarios make this book worth its weight in gold. Humphrey is annoying in the way one would imagine a civil servant to be, Bernard is relentlessly pedantic, and poor old Jim Hacker is completely lost, though he does manage to wrangle a few victories from the civil service. Together, the three of them attempt to govern the entire country, or at least prevent it from descending into anarchy. The consequences are hilarious, as the following quotes reveal (as I remember them , probably the exact wording would be different)-"The Prime Minister is trying to govern the country, Bernard. He must be stopped"). -"Democracy gives a lot of people the power to stop things from happening, but almost no one knows how to make anything happen"-"But Prime Minister, you can't grasp the nettle if you take the bull by both horns. I mean, you would'nt have a hand free"-"In Qumran, women get stoned when they commit adultery. Unlike in Britain, where they commit adultery when they get stoned"-"Bishops in England live unusually long lives.Probably due to the fact that God is not too keen to have them around either"In short, this series, in my opinion, represents the pinnacle of British humour, and is a must watch for anyone who has enjoyed British gems like P.G. Wodehouse, or swears by Monty Python, or fondly recalls Fawlty Towers