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Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson [/ QUOTE ] kickass book.....but funny? uhm....maybe I need to read it again |
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another roadside attraction,still life with wood pecker,off the top o my head. and its even close.... jason [/ QUOTE ] Have you read "fierce invalids home from hot climates"? I think it's his best work. |
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A Fan's Notes
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Before I read the replies, Catch-22 immediately came to mind. Excellent book with a lot of hilarious situations [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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I forgot all about Catch-22. That's an excellent choice. I guess that's my first choice for novels that are funny.
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I second American Psycho. Portnoy's Complaint, White Noise and Bright Lights, Big City are also very funny. As for plays, I think What the Butler Saw is hilarious.
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Liar's Poker too, plus Bonfire of Vanities was really good.
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American Psycho (Bret Easton-Ellis) [/ QUOTE ] You think using underage hookers for turkey stuffing is funny? |
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This really should be split into intentional and unintentional categories.
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for fiction...I like many of the books people picked, and I think another that deserves a mention is "The Good Soldier Svejk." It's a war satire about WWI, funnier than Catch 22 IMO. The guy who wrote it was quite a character himself, pulled some crazy pranks.
Some of Daniil Kharms' little stories are insanely funny, but I'm not sure if there are any good translations (Russian --> English) out there. for nonfiction...I remember thinking that some of Sedaris' stories were very funny, but I haven't read him in a while. if it's just one funny scene....the funniest scene i've ever read is about a brief trip to the US, in Martin Amis' "London Fields." |
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