| Ackroyd then traces the development of comic writing through the wit of John Donne to the nonsense books of Lewis Carroll. |
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| His life changed forever when he watched a video of the cult film The Blues Brothers, starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd. |
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| This is a very good book, in which Mr Ackroyd deploys his enormously wide reading to great effect. |
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| Mr Ackroyd thanked the people of nearby villages for their help and support over the years. |
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| She also read Philippa Gregory, A.S. Byatt, Peter Carey, and Peter Ackroyd. |
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| In preparing his narrative, Ackroyd obviously relied upon a meticulously researched, extensive array of sources. |
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| In 2013, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever by 600 fellow writers of the Crime Writers' Association. |
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| John Dudley's 29th-minute try, converted by Ollie Ackroyd, took Cleck 14-10 ahead. |
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| According to Ackroyd, other than these, perhaps the most important literary influence on him was derived from the fables of The Arabian Nights. |
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| Ackroyd has made a popular career out of Gothicizing London. |
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