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Recommend a book to give me a good laugh!

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    #32
    tSubh Dearg
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    Personally I don't think The World According to Garp is a "good laugh" book. Sure it has humourous bits but certainly not laugh out loud funny.

    Ditto for Vernon God Little, though that's probably me, I got seriously irritated with the main character in that and wanted to give him a slap around the head.

    I think the Hitchhiker's Guide is very funny, so are most of Bill Bryson's travel books (I think Here, There and Everywhere and Notes from a Small Island are the best) the Discworld books are good for a laugh too, imo Reaper Man is by far the funniest. I know there are others I thought were funny but I can't think of them at the moment.

    Tom Robbin's Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates has some hilarious bits in it, a fair bit of farce but also a level of seriousness.


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    AJG
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    I don't know if you would consider it 'funny' but I think the work of Louis Ferdinand Celine can be extremely funny but in a very black/dark way. If I was to start anywhere I would read 'Death On The Installment Plan'.


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    Zaph
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    Matt Beaumont's books are very funny and worth a read. Also another thumbs up for Pratchett, particularly Good Omens, probably the funniest book I've ever read. And naturally, seeing as it's the source of my name, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an absolute must.


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