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Without a doubt, Confederacy of Dunces.

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Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

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I find books by will self, boris johnson or steven fry quite amusing.

harry

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American Psycho (Bret Easton-Ellis), or Money (Martin Amis).

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another roadside attraction,still life with wood pecker,off the top o my head. and its even close....
jason

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Too many choices - so I'll toss out one to be in the thick: Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

-Zeno

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The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams, haven't read anything that made me laugh out loud as much as this first novel or the rest of the series.

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"Without Feathers" by Woodie Allen. "Getting Even" was very funny too, but I was laughing so much through almost all of "Without Feathers" that it was painful and actually amazing. Plenty of great pieces there, with "If the Impressionists Were Dentists" being a big personal favorite.

For novels, I think "Catcher In the Rye" stands out most in my mind. "Why are old men's legs always so white and unhairy?"

"Journey to the End of the Night" was also extremely funny in many places, though it's a miraculously sustained tone piece of absolutely bottomless black misery, arranged as a picaresque. One of the most amazing books I've ever read. "Tropic of Capricorn" was also very funny in many places. I guess I haven't read much in the way of comic novels, like stuff by Wodehouse, or Lord Jim or anything. I did read Martin Amis's first book, "The Rachel Papers," but thought it was over-rated.

For a play, "The Importance of Being Earnest."

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Good choice at least among the books I've read. I was going to say Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" but Heller's book was warped/funny beginning to end.

~ Rick