Book review: Knox, Simone and Kai Hanno Schwind (2019). Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Saltidou, T. (2025). Book review: Knox, Simone and Kai Hanno Schwind (2019). Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom. Palgrave Macmillan. The European Journal of Humour Research, 13(2), 278-282. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2025.13.2.1110

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