This is going to sound dull, but it is about a man named Gary who works in a boring job, finds a girlfriend through unusual methods, and gets caught up in criminal activity by mistake. It is just so well executed.
The apotheosis of American short form humor writing. As ingenious today and exquisitely inspired in its oddball literary hilarity as it was when it was first published.
Every piece is a gem. Just scroll the table of contents and see if you aren’t dying to find out what plaintive correspondence the impressionists might have kept had they been dentists experimenting in new forms of orthodontic expression, and a host of other virtuoso pieces of satire that are fairly unmatched in my literary roamings.
Don Quixote is pretty funny to me, but also moving and meaningful. About to read Confederacy of Dunces today after a couple failed attempts—supposedly a hilarious romp.
I have two that I like: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Homes and Other Black Holes by Dave Barry
Homes and Other Black Holes is about home ownership. Theres a part where he says that when you leave on vacation to play rap on the radio so if a robber comes he will be stuck there cause all his brain cells were annihilated. (I like rap lol)
The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey! His “Deep Thoughts” was one of the best things SNL put out in the 90s
oh interesting! I'll have to take a look!
A Confederation of Dunces, Ibid (genius work!), Lamb (Christopher Moore), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
Comedy novels are life!
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is one of the funniest books I've ever read.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) is one I've read at least twice because I enjoyed the humor.
Does Calvin & Hobbes count?
Of course!
More than ever.
So there’s a book that I was going to do a small article about.
It’s called confessions by Simon Mayo who is a radio DJ here in the uk. Trust me, you’ll laugh.
Sounds good!
This is going to sound dull, but it is about a man named Gary who works in a boring job, finds a girlfriend through unusual methods, and gets caught up in criminal activity by mistake. It is just so well executed.
Catch - 22
Without Feathers. Woody Allen, 1975.
The apotheosis of American short form humor writing. As ingenious today and exquisitely inspired in its oddball literary hilarity as it was when it was first published.
Every piece is a gem. Just scroll the table of contents and see if you aren’t dying to find out what plaintive correspondence the impressionists might have kept had they been dentists experimenting in new forms of orthodontic expression, and a host of other virtuoso pieces of satire that are fairly unmatched in my literary roamings.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1843009-without-feathers
Yes. I second this.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Don Quixote is pretty funny to me, but also moving and meaningful. About to read Confederacy of Dunces today after a couple failed attempts—supposedly a hilarious romp.
Don Quixote is awesome.
Anything by David Thorne I'm going to read. Currently enjoying "The Internet is a Playground."
For me its The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer. A slice of genius with a twist of brilliance.
What's it about?
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Parliament of Whores by P.J. O’Rourke - a treatise on why Washington should be nuked from orbit
I have two that I like: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Homes and Other Black Holes by Dave Barry
Homes and Other Black Holes is about home ownership. Theres a part where he says that when you leave on vacation to play rap on the radio so if a robber comes he will be stuck there cause all his brain cells were annihilated. (I like rap lol)
HHGTTG is a perennial favorite. I always find some new turn of phrase that twists my brain
Example: “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t”
Haha yeah I agree. I like, "In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
New Teeth by Simon Rich. A series of short stories that made me hurt from laughing.
Lamb : the gospel according to Bif by Christopher Moore
One More Thing by BJ Novak - some srsly hilarious short stories (also some reflection pieces) all around good stuff
Oh interesting! He wasnt too shabby writing The Office
If you like it dark: Nathanael West's "A Cool Million", a savage satire of early 20th century American life.