Comic in the sense that it is amusing.Originally Posted by Nikhar
Nominations so far:
1. God Knows by Joseph Heller
2. The Studhorse Man by Robert Kroetsch
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
4. Carry on Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
5. Three Men In a Boat
6. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
7. Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
8. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
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I would say Yes manI laughed till I cried when I read that but unfortunately it is not fictitious.
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Pig Tales by Marie Darrieussecq. I'm not sure if this could be categorized as a comic novel. It's humorous but very dark. The tale is set in a dystopic society...the protagonist is a woman who became a pig in the latter part of the story.
How about Rumpole of the Bailey by Sir John Mortimer in the dry humour column?
And under the heading of pulp funny (I-may-never-admit-in-public-I-read-it-let-alone-laughed) I nominate Tim Dorsey's...hmmm...tough one, Orange Crush or start at the beginning with Florida Roadkill?
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Scoop- Evelyn Waugh
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nominations so far:
1. God Knows by Joseph Heller
2. The Studhorse Man by Robert Kroetsch
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
4. Carry on Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
5. Three Men In a Boat
6. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
7. Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
8. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
9. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
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Please choose only one book to nominate.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I hope A Confederacy of Dunces wins; I have been meaning to read this for so long.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I would not mind reading A Confederacy of Dunces, there are a few choices on this list I want to read. I just hope Pride and Prejudice and Zombies does not win.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I saw my friend reading that. Is it bad?
Well I just don't have a personal inclination to read the book, but I have heard from several people that basicaly it just takes the original Pride and Prejudice word for word, and throws in a few zombie scenes here and there.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I hope A Confederacy of Dunces wins because I was planning on reading it anyway
I have read it Sche, and think it is one of the best comic novels to come out of the US in the later 20th century, but I would not know how it would translate for the English. Toole isn't Waugh.
Unfortunately, I am not in the mood to revisit the book; the author's suicide deters me somewhat, but I also remember the novel fairly well; it is still too fresh.
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Yay, finally something I am interested in is leading in the poll!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Me too. Because I have a copy and haven't read it yet.
Got my copy from the library already!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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